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Tuesday’s Coeur d’Alene Press ran an article about two local businesses who didn’t like the color of the city’s fire hydrants on their property, so they painted them dark green. The article was titled You might be able to paint that hydrant. It suggested the City Council might be inclined to let property owners paint the hydrants any color they would like.
I hope Sandi and the Headnodders actually talk with the fire department first.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommends that fire hydrants’ bodies, caps, and bonnets follow certain color coding standards to provide firefighters with basic information about the water pressure at the hydrant. For a great deal of information about fire hydrant design, placement, color coding, etc., see FireHydrant.org‘s ten-part series titled Designing Water & Hydrant Systems.
The hydrant in the photo to the left is across from our house. I don’t know if Coeur d’Alene City Fire Department follows the NFPA standard. If it does, the yellow body would probably indicate the hydrant is connected to the municipal water system, and the green cap could indicate the hydrant can supply 1000-1499 gallons per minute at a pressure of 20 p.s.i.
“I hope Sandi and the Headnodders actually talk with the fire department first.”
Bill, that’s more than just a hope, tbut I would bet a dime to a donut that this city council didn’t even give a nod to the Fire department. A freedom of information request would prove me correct. They are willy-nilly headnodders for the “touchy-feely” monied constituency.
The City Attorney, Mike “$125,000 Gridley should check the city’s liability exposure before they go off half cocked. Even a layman of $50,000 would do that. But the city, according to Mike “$125,000” Gridley, city attorney, the city is “self insured”. Well we know they are running out of cash. That fund has been seriously depleted recently.
Comment by Ancientemplar — November 22, 2011 @ 7:57 pm
Dog pee is yellow, too. Does it dry yellow? I guess a Green and Yellow combo is ok, if you’re a Packer fan.
Comment by Gary Ingram — November 23, 2011 @ 9:54 am
The point of my post was to emphasize that in some cities, and maybe in Coeur d’Alene, the color scheme of fire hydrants is functional. Even if the painted hydrants are on private property, for Coldwell Banker and Hagadone Corporation to put esthetics above critical functionality is unwise.
Comment by Bill — November 23, 2011 @ 2:04 pm
Bill, I just think that you don’t understand. To put critical functionality above esthetics is unwise. Otherwise, neither CB or HC would have told the City to ‘pound sand’.
Comment by Joe Six-Pack — November 23, 2011 @ 3:31 pm
…and Bill, my point is that if the city publicly or otherwise condones the private property coloring above functionality then they leave themselves open to a HUGE lawsuit should destruction and death occur resulting from any confusion. They have to take a position one way or the other as they would be at risk otherwise.
Or is guess they could just stick their heads back in the ………..sand.
Comment by Ancientemplar — November 23, 2011 @ 4:21 pm