POTD: Skinny!
Feb 13, 2009 6:00 - 0 Comments
This neat find is by Rockville Central friend Carl Henn. Of it, he says, “Rockville’s skinniest fire hydrant, out front of Womack Pest Control.”
And, apropos of our recent brightly colored hydrant photo, Our Fair City’s JoAnn Grbach sent along some information that was pretty useful:
The City of Rockville is changing the color of its fire hydrants to help Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services to better see them at night. The tops for the fire hydrants will be one of four colors based on the water flow of the particular hydrant.
Rockville’s Public Works staff conducted a study of its water distribution system and, in doing so, met several times with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services, which indicated the current hydrants – red barrels with black tops – were difficult to see at night. Following a national standard, new colors were chosen. The National Fire Protection Association guidelines were used. All barrels will be yellow.
The tops are based on flow and the color scheme is as follows:
- Less than 500 gpm (gallons per minute): Safety Red
- 500-1,000 gpm: Safety Orange
- 1,000-1,500 gpm: Safety Green
- Greater than 1,500 gpm: Safety Blue
Fire hydrants will now be more visible and fire and rescue personnel will know a hydrant’s flow capacity based on the color-coded tops.
The Department of Public Works plans to replace hydrants and implement the color scheme in coordination with its watermain rehabilitation program.
The reason the hydrants in Woodley Gardens are painted with the new colors is because a Boy Scout troop painted them as part of a community service project.
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