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Fire hydrant

A fire hydrant, fireplug, waterplug, or firecock (archaic) is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply. It is a component of...

Last Update: 2024-03-26T12:54:04Z Word Count : 4038 Synonim Fire hydrant

Golden Fire Hydrant

Fire Hydrant, also called "the Little Giant," is a fire hydrant on the corner of Dolores Park in the Mission District of San Francisco. The hydrant is...

Last Update: 2023-11-13T06:32:42Z Word Count : 394 Synonim Golden Fire Hydrant

Standpipe (firefighting)

context of a building or bridge, a standpipe serves the same purpose as a fire hydrant. When standpipes are fixed into buildings, the pipe is in place permanently...

Last Update: 2024-02-18T21:27:38Z Word Count : 564 Synonim Standpipe (firefighting)

Fire hose

to extinguish it. Outdoors, it attaches either to a fire engine, fire hydrant, or a portable fire pump. Indoors, it can permanently attach to a building's...

Last Update: 2024-03-12T13:51:13Z Word Count : 3268 Synonim Fire hose

Glossary of firefighting equipment

putting out small fires near the truck without having to connect to a fire hydrant; easily recovered with a motorized reel. Also known as "red line" for...

Last Update: 2024-03-03T15:52:36Z Word Count : 9176 Synonim Glossary of firefighting equipment

Hydrant

involved, the term may refer to: Fire hydrant for firefighting water supply Flushing hydrant for cleaning water mains Hydrant network systems used to transport...

Last Update: 2022-03-31T10:22:31Z Word Count : 134 Synonim Hydrant

Hydrant wrench

A hydrant wrench is a tool used to remove fire hydrant caps and open the valve of the hydrant. They are usually adjustable so as to fit different sized...

Last Update: 2023-02-27T20:34:40Z Word Count : 296 Synonim Hydrant wrench

North American Fire Hose Coupler Incompatibilities

Despite fire hose and hydrant coupler standardization efforts that are at least 144 years old, there remain significant areas in Canada, the United States...

Last Update: 2023-07-18T00:24:28Z Word Count : 2700 Synonim North American Fire Hose Coupler Incompatibilities

Flushing hydrant

hydrant is a hydrant that is used for flushing a water line of silt, rust, debris, or stagnant water. Many water utilities use standard fire hydrants...

Last Update: 2023-03-10T03:53:45Z Word Count : 93 Synonim Flushing hydrant

Water distribution system

using fire hydrants for water main flushing is to test whether water is supplied to fire hydrants at adequate pressure for fire fighting. During hydrant flushing...

Last Update: 2024-01-12T08:21:18Z Word Count : 2684 Synonim Water distribution system

Fire

contain uncontrolled fires. Trained firefighters use fire apparatus, water supply resources such as water mains and fire hydrants or they might use A and...

Last Update: 2024-03-26T09:45:40Z Word Count : 4628 Synonim Fire

Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump

of the canvas in the spray of an open fire hydrant. A johnny pump is a New York slang term for a fire hydrant that is open in the summer for kids to...

Last Update: 2024-02-27T23:11:40Z Word Count : 679 Synonim Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump

Fire engine

fire as soon as they arrive on scene. When the onboard water supply runs out, the engine is connected to more permanent sources such as fire hydrants...

Last Update: 2024-02-29T19:39:03Z Word Count : 3587 Synonim Fire engine

Reuleaux triangle

applications of the Reuleaux triangle include giving the shape to guitar picks, fire hydrant nuts, pencils, and drill bits for drilling filleted square holes, as...

Last Update: 2024-01-09T22:24:30Z Word Count : 6454 Synonim Reuleaux triangle

Water flow test

a hydrant flow test, is a way to measure the water supply available at a building site, usually for the purposes of installing a water based fire protection...

Last Update: 2023-02-07T09:41:27Z Word Count : 606 Synonim Water flow test

Dagshai Central Jail & Museum

Outside the courtyard of the cell, one can see the solid gun-metal fire hydrant made in 1865 in the UK. Anand Sethi, a military historian and long-time...

Last Update: 2023-06-01T12:36:47Z Word Count : 735 Synonim Dagshai Central Jail & Museum

Birdsill Holly

patented an improved fire hydrant that is similar to those used currently for firefighting. Holly was a co-inventor of the Silsby steam fire engine. He founded...

Last Update: 2024-03-19T13:52:44Z Word Count : 2011 Synonim Birdsill Holly

Stanchion

collection of the University of Alaska Museum of the North Fire hydrant locator in Cartierville. Fire hydrant locator in Laval Removable and swivelling metal or...

Last Update: 2024-03-15T11:58:27Z Word Count : 907 Synonim Stanchion

Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008

obstruction of emergency exits, fire hydrants and fire lanes, overcrowding, locking fire exits, smoking in fire hazard areas, the removing, destroying...

Last Update: 2021-01-15T00:39:27Z Word Count : 183 Synonim Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008

Great Baltimore Fire

unable to help since their hose couplings could not fit Baltimore's fire hydrants. Much of the destroyed area was rebuilt in relatively short order, and...

Last Update: 2024-03-01T15:27:27Z Word Count : 3062 Synonim Great Baltimore Fire

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Fire hydrant

A fire hydrant, fireplug, waterplug, or firecock (archaic) is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply. It is a component of active fire protection. Underground fire hydrants have been used in Europe and Asia since at least the 18th century. Above-ground pillar-type hydrants are a 19th-century invention.


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