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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.<ref name=firemuseumcanadaHydants/><ref name=cityworksHydrants2021-05-10/><ref name=firehydrantHistory/><ref name=inspectpoint/> | ||
Prior to the development of the fire hydrant fires were fought with a [[bucket brigade]], or with fire engines that carried their own reservoir of water.<ref name=cityworksHydrants2021-05-10/> | |||
Some cities laid underground pipes, made of wood, through which ran a supply of water.<ref name=cityworksHydrants2021-05-10/> When firefighters needed to fight a fire they would dig a hole to access the wooden pipe, chop a hole in it, and then insert a tap called a "fire plug" into the whole, to attach to their fire hoses. | |||
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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 | |||
File:Black fire hydrant Manhattan (w 56th Street) May 2023.JPG | |||
File:AustinFireHydrant.jpg | |||
File:Pearl City Boca Raton June 2010 Hydrant purple.jpg | |||
File:Purple fire hydrant, South Main Street, Naples, New York - 20210610.jpg | |||
File:Frozen Hydrant (5298027309).jpg | |||
File:1902 Waterpump at Kasauli.jpg | |||
File:2005-12-25 Fire hydrant in Bethesda, Maryland.jpg | |||
File:Hidrantes de Venezuela 2012 014.jpg | |||
File:Pink fire hydrant Main Street (Los Angels) July 2022 (cropped).JPG | |||
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==References== | |||
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<ref name=firemuseumcanadaHydants> | |||
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| url = https://www.firemuseumcanada.com/fire-hydrants/ | |||
| title = All about fire hydrants | |||
| work = [[Canadian Fire Fighters Museum]] | |||
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20230401110714/https://www.firemuseumcanada.com/fire-hydrants/ | |||
| archivedate = 2023-04-01 | |||
| accessdate = 2023-12-08 | |||
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| quote = Tradition has it that about 1801, Frederick Graff, chief engineer of the Philadelphia Water Works, patented a post-style fire hydrant resembling what we use today. Other sources say that first fire hydrant was invented by George Smith, a firefighter, about 1817, when he realized that Manhattan, where he lived, was running out of water for citizens to use — not just for fighting fires, but for every day uses as well. | |||
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| url = https://www.cityworks.com/blog/6-fun-facts-about-fire-hydrants/ | |||
| title = 6 Fun Facts About Fire Hydrants | |||
| work = [[Cityworks]] | |||
| date = 2021-05-10 | |||
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20221104003226/https://www.cityworks.com/blog/6-fun-facts-about-fire-hydrants/ | |||
| archivedate = 2022-11-04 | |||
| accessdate = 2023-12-08 | |||
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| quote = The invention of the fire hydrant is unofficially credited to Frederick Graff, chief engineer of Philadelphia Water Works, in 1801. Ironically, the official fire hydrant patent is rumored to have been destroyed in a fire. | |||
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| url = http://www.firehydrant.org/pictures/hydrant_history.html | |||
| title = A Brief History of the Hydrant | |||
| work = [[Firehydrant.org]] | |||
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20230127034554/http://www.firehydrant.org/pictures/hydrant_history.html | |||
| archivedate = 2023-01-27 | |||
| accessdate = 2023-12-08 | |||
| url-status = live | |||
| quote = Firefighting existed before the hydrant and the idea of getting the wet stuff onto the red stuff is very old. The inventor of the first device that we'd recognize today as a fire hydrant can't be told, because the hydrant was developed over a period of many years by many people. | |||
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<ref name=inspectpoint> | |||
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| url = https://www.inspectpoint.com/fire-hydrant/ | |||
| title = The History of the Fire Hydrant | |||
| work = [[Inspect Point]] | |||
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20230603211455/https://www.inspectpoint.com/fire-hydrant/ | |||
| archivedate = 2023-06-03 | |||
| accessdate = 2023-12-08 | |||
| url-status = live | |||
| quote = Do you know who invented the fire hydrant? Neither do we. In fact, no one truly knows who invented the first fire hydrant system. However, we do know that it was invented in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 1800s. | |||
}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:02, 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.[1][2][3][4]
Prior to the development of the fire hydrant fires were fought with a bucket brigade, or with fire engines that carried their own reservoir of water.[2]
Some cities laid underground pipes, made of wood, through which ran a supply of water.[2] When firefighters needed to fight a fire they would dig a hole to access the wooden pipe, chop a hole in it, and then insert a tap called a "fire plug" into the whole, to attach to their fire hoses.
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References
- ↑ All about fire hydrants, Canadian Fire Fighters Museum. Retrieved on 2023-12-08. “Tradition has it that about 1801, Frederick Graff, chief engineer of the Philadelphia Water Works, patented a post-style fire hydrant resembling what we use today. Other sources say that first fire hydrant was invented by George Smith, a firefighter, about 1817, when he realized that Manhattan, where he lived, was running out of water for citizens to use — not just for fighting fires, but for every day uses as well.”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 6 Fun Facts About Fire Hydrants, Cityworks, 2021-05-10. Retrieved on 2023-12-08. “The invention of the fire hydrant is unofficially credited to Frederick Graff, chief engineer of Philadelphia Water Works, in 1801. Ironically, the official fire hydrant patent is rumored to have been destroyed in a fire.”
- ↑ A Brief History of the Hydrant, Firehydrant.org. Retrieved on 2023-12-08. “Firefighting existed before the hydrant and the idea of getting the wet stuff onto the red stuff is very old. The inventor of the first device that we'd recognize today as a fire hydrant can't be told, because the hydrant was developed over a period of many years by many people.”
- ↑ The History of the Fire Hydrant, Inspect Point. Retrieved on 2023-12-08. “Do you know who invented the fire hydrant? Neither do we. In fact, no one truly knows who invented the first fire hydrant system. However, we do know that it was invented in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 1800s.”