IS 903 : 2025
Fire Hose Delivery Couplings, Branch Pipe, Nozzles and Nozzle Spanner - Specification (Fifth Revision)
Current edition: 2025
Sectional committee: CED 22 · BIS department: Civil Engineering (CED)
What this standard covers
This standard lays down the requirements regarding material, shape, construction and test (wherever applicable) for fire hose delivery couplings, branch pipe, nozzles and nozzle spanner used in fire fighting operations.
Scope, quoted from IS 903 : 1993 — the 1993 edition in the public archive, not the current IS 903 : 2025. Read the full standard
The BIS registry lists the current edition as IS 903 : 2025. The publicly archived copy quoted here is the 1993 edition, so wording and requirements may have changed since. Check the official BIS listing for what is in force.
Requirements and tests, as the standard names them
- 5.4 Hydraulic Test Requirement
- 7.3 Hydraulic Test Requirements
Sub-clause names whose printed names themselves say “Test” in IS 903 : 1993 (the 1993 archived edition; BIS lists 2025 as current). Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.
How the standard is organised
- 3 WORKMANSHIP AND FINISH
- 5 DELIVERY HOSE COUPLING
- 6 BRANCH PIPE
- 7 NOZZLES
- 8 NOZZLE SPANNER
Edition history (per the BIS registry)
- IS 903 : 2025 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2025-03-25)
- IS 903 : 1993 — withdrawn by BIS
Where this standard is used on NirmanDost
CPWD DSR E&M 2022
| Item code | Description (verbatim) |
|---|---|
| 18.18.1 | Supplying & fixing 63 mm dia gun metal short branch pipe with 20 mm nominal internal diameter size nozzle conforming to IS 903 suitable for instantaneous connection to interconnect hose pipe coupling as required : — Gun … |
| 18.18.2 | Supplying & fixing 63 mm dia gun metal short branch pipe with 20 mm nominal internal diameter size nozzle conforming to IS 903 suitable for instantaneous connection to interconnect hose pipe coupling as required : — Stai… |
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Notes
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- Generated 2026-07-27.