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[[File:Downtown Charlottesville fire hydrant.jpg | thumb | Red is a common color for fire hydrants.]] | [[File:Downtown Charlottesville fire hydrant.jpg | thumb | Red is a common color for fire hydrants.]] | ||
With rare exceptions [[Fire department]]s rely on underground pipes when fighting fires, with regularly spaced '''fire hydrants''' emerging from the ground to allow [[fire engines]] to attach hoses, for the actual fire-fighting. | With rare exceptions [[Fire department]]s rely on underground pipes when fighting fires, with regularly spaced '''fire hydrants''' emerging from the ground to allow [[fire engines]] to attach hoses, for the actual fire-fighting. | ||
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File:2019-04-25 10 25 13 A fire hydrant along Tranquility Court in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia.jpg | |||
File:2023-04-28 18 14 33 Fire hydrant along Star Drive in the Mountainview section of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg | |||
File:2023-08-11 13 19 38 Fire hydrant at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 Business, U.S. Route 206 and Mercer County Route 583 (Princeton Avenue) and Heil Avenue on the border of Trenton and Ewing Township in Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg | |||
File:John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida (440274) (9617297261).jpg | |||
File:Pearl City Boca Raton June 2010 Hydrant 1.jpg | |||
File:Colorful fire hydrant in Jefferson City.jpg | |||
File:Fire Hydrant Reference -10.jpg | |||
File:Yellow Fire Hydrant.jpg | |||
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Revision as of 03:27, 8 December 2023
With rare exceptions Fire departments rely on underground pipes when fighting fires, with regularly spaced fire hydrants emerging from the ground to allow fire engines to attach hoses, for the actual fire-fighting.