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Snow covered fire hydrant locator flags

I had heard stories about these flags, and now I can confirm that they do exist:

fire hydrant with flag

Conditions: +3 F with a -9 wind chill.

According to a friend of mine, the fire hydrant base is colored according to the fire department and the top indicates the water pressure. I’m sure this varies from location to location though.

  • Class AA (>1500 gpm) light blue
  • Class A (1000-1499 gpm) green
  • Class B (500-999 gpm) orange
  • Class C (0-499 gpm) red (a.k.a. find a better hydrant)
    colors/pressures

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2 Responses to “Snow covered fire hydrant locator flags”

  1. Ed Ochs says:
    January 28, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    I have an even better solution. With the hydrant snorkel, it marks the hydrant (with pressure color) and you can hook to the hydrant and turn it on without digging out the hydrant.
    http://hydrantsnorkel.com/
    Ed Ochs
    541-350-4017

  2. kas says:
    January 28, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    Good idea Ed. In fact, I have already installed hydrant snorkels on all the fire hydrant I have ever seen over the last two decades, so no worries.

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