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How far away from a fire hydrant do you live?
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:08 am
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:08 am
I've always lived in a subdivision,so there's always a fire hydrant within a few hundred feet or so from my house.
But, I see some rural homes that are seemingly miles from a fire hydrant.
Does that concern those of you who do live a ways away from one?
But, I see some rural homes that are seemingly miles from a fire hydrant.
Does that concern those of you who do live a ways away from one?
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Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:11 am to East Coast Band
They make these big red things that carry water.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:11 am to East Coast Band
If all the water in the trucks are used and the fire is still going, I just as soon it finish burning to the ground.
This post was edited on 2/9/19 at 9:12 am
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:12 am to East Coast Band
Did you know that where there is a blue reflector on the road, there’s a hydrant?
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:15 am to Geauxtiga
In front of my house. And it’s a pain in the arse
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:15 am to East Coast Band
I installed dry hydrants in ponds on my property. Otherwise it would be close to 20 miles to the nearest hydrant I would guess.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:18 am to East Coast Band
Did you know the hydrant cap tops are color coded by GPM output? Below 500 gal per minute are red. Now, you'll be looking for hydrants all week trying to spot a green or blue.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:49 am to East Coast Band
insurance company used to tell us if we got a fire hydrant installed near our home, we could get our insurance reduced. Finally got one across the street. Guess what didn't happen.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 9:53 am to East Coast Band
I’ve taken fire safety so seriously that I now have a hydrant in every bedroom of my house.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:03 am to East Coast Band
directly across the street
Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:14 am to East Coast Band
350'
Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:52 am to East Coast Band
No hydrant, but a full fledged fire house about .75/mile away by road, .25/mile as the crow flies. Insurance is much cheaper here than the other side of the neighborhood, which is fricked up IMO
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:05 am to arcalades
quote:When I was up on the rules houses must be within 1200' to be covered but ALL houses in the fire district mist be within that distance in order for insurance companies to cover them. This is in La. but 10 years ago. Individual houses need not apply.
insurance company used to tell us if we got a fire hydrant installed near our home, we could get our insurance reduced. Finally got one across the street. Guess what didn't happen.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:08 am to Benjamin Ryan
quote:Dry hydrants work but don't count as hydrants toward insurance ratings.
I installed dry hydrants in ponds on my property.
They can be of use when tanker shuttles are used as the water supply.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:19 am to Redbone
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Dry hydrants work but don't count as hydrants toward insurance ratings.
They can be of use when tanker shuttles are used as the water supply.
Correct. I installed them to fight wild fires, not house fires so much. As good as our FD is, they are not getting here in time to save a house.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:25 am to Sao
Directly across the street, orange top.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:27 am to East Coast Band
About 25 feet
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:32 am to East Coast Band
I have one in my yard.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:36 am to East Coast Band
I've got a pond, pump, and generator to power that pump. I'm good to go if there's a fire and the volunteer fire department is too drunk to get rolling. You millennials and your need to always depend on someone else to save you.
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