Fire Hydrants save lives! But for a second let's pretend your a fire fighter. Without looking anything up what is the GPM (Gallons Per Minute) of this hydrant?
Trick question! It's actually not able to be told how many GPM it is able to release. But how do you know?
You actually tell by the nozzle cap! It's a very big misconception that you tell by the coloe of the body. Which, while it is possible, very rare. as the NFPA (National Fire Protection Agency) added the rule to make it base of the nozzle caps after hydrants were made. So older hydrants usually go by color!
What are these colors? Well here's a list!
- Red indicates a water-flow capacity of fewer than 500 gallons per minute (GPM).
- Orange indicates a water-flow capacity of 500 to 999 GPM.
- Green indicates a water-flow capacity of 1,000 to 1,499 GPM.
- Blue indicates a water-flow capacity of 1,500 or greater GPM.
And now you know how to tell fire hydrants apart from each other. No use to know this, but now you can brag to everybody you know more about fire hydrants than them! Just don't challenge a fire fighter to that fight!
Idk why, but I like this particular hydrabt because it's pink loll.
INFO ON CACHE:
Cache is a micro, only being able to fit a log book, nothing else.
Please replace in right spot, and be careful for muggles!
Hills around the area are extreme, but area up here is flat, so while it is technically Wheelchair accesable, hills could be too steep, and it's a little to high for cachers in wheelchairs