The fire service plays a vital role in preventing and responding to society's emergencies. That's why safety at a fire station is a priority, for everyone's safety.

One aspect that must be considered is correct storm drainage in fire stations.

Correct drainage can help to prevent flooding and landslides involving earth or gravel, which could cause a fire station's access points and exits to be closed off.

Imagine how disastrous that would be.

If you require safe, resistant, durable drainage solutions, contact ULMA's Technical and Sales Department here.

Kompaqdrain range

Today ULMA discuss how channels from the Kompaqdrain range were installed at Zalla fire station in Biscay to prevent these issues from occurring. This family of channels stands out as a solution with a high drainage capacity and optimal safety performance.

As they are closed-section channels and are made in an anti-corrosion material (polymer concrete), these channels are durable, resistant and safe.

The range has different models, and in this project the Kompaqdrain® Traffic was installed. This model is designed for areas with normal and heavy traffic, since it has a breaking load of up to 40 tons.

Another of this channel range's benefits is that since the model is a single part (channel + grating), this helps to prevent issues caused by the exertion and fast manoeuvres performed on the grating. For example, those that occur when fire engines need to urgently leave the station to put out a fire.

Lastly, the fire station's surface area called for a T installation to help connect the channels to access components. This model has lateral preforms for horizontal outlets on each side, and lateral preforms for T, L and cross connections.

Selecting a good drainage system will allow the fire service to work safely without having to worry about safety at the station.