Peeling paint on a fireplug

[greybeard]

peeling paint on a fire plug by TOM STRAIGHT, on Flickr

 

[Ron Evers]

That hydrant has been vandalized. "
Don't touch the hydrants

You may notice fire hydrants are painted different colours. That's for a reason. An important reason.

It's because different colours are used to let firefighters know how much water is coming out of the hydrant.

The color codes are standards set by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) and each municipality is required to maintain hydrants according to those standards.

"If you have a hydrant that's yellow but has a blue top on it, that particular hydrant would be delivering at least 15 hundred gallons per minute or greater," said Don Byrne, acting fire chief with the St. John's Regional Fire Department.

"A red top would deliver 500 gallons per minute or less."

 

[greybeard]

It is in front of a school.

 

[Jeff G]

Looks pretty disgusting, a dog's equivellant of a truck stop restroom.

Is a nice shot with lots of interest though Tom.