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Frozen Hydrant Specialist
What does a Frozen Hydrant Specialist do? How do you take a hydrant in the winter time if the hydrant is frozen?
Where I am at it is not typical to get freeze spells. We do get them from time to time and they generally last a few days.
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Permalink Reply by JOSEPH MONTONDO on
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well ya'll can keep that cold ass weather up there. lol its cold here anything below 30 here is damn cold. i dont think i will ever have the need to go somewhere that is minus 20.
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Permalink Reply by Bekks on
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LMAO are you SERIOUS? I think you are pulling our leg.
I wanna see pictures of these "hydrant cozies".
That would bakrupt the country if WE did that.
In places like where I am...CANADA, the water stays in the main pipe until the valve is opened... (dry barrel) so the hydrant won't freeze before you use it. After you use it, you drain the veritcal portion of the hydrant so the water keeps flowing in the main and doesn't sit in the hydrant to freeze.
We also have dry hydrants at certain ponds and lakes... and we carry several augers for drilling holes in the ice to get at the water so we can fill the tanker truck in the dead of winter when there are no dry hydrants near-by. And after the fire is out, we can go ice-fishing!
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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on
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below 30....? I think that's about the time we start to wear long sleeve shirts...don't put a jacket on till it hits about 15 degrees...gloves and hats go on at about 0......LOL
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Bill we have had tankers freeze up between the draft site and the fire scene.....damn, now that's cold....
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Permalink Reply by Patti Walz on
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This was a response from my Lt when I asked him
Frozen hydrant = frozen road = we're screwed
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So Paul, what do you guys do?
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We do what we have to....usually remember to keep nozzles open a bit ALL the time...Hope the heater keeps the tank from freezing for awhile and have another engine ready to respond for when it does freeze...winter has to be the most miserable time to have to fight a fire....its cold, wet and you feel like someone beat the hell out of you before you are done...then no matter what you do you cannot warm up afterwards....and lots and lots of manpower...you have to really watch your people for signs of exhaustion and frostbite....yes frostbite at structure fires....LOL who would have thought....
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Thank you. I really appreciate being able to come online and asking whatever questions (regardless of how dumb they sound) and getting great feedback.
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Permalink Reply by Bill Carlisle on
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Paul that is cold , and i did have a pumper freeze up responding to a fire , about a 5-10 min response time , but never a tanker that would be one really big ice cube
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usually the valves freeze up...you have water but can't get to it....
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Neighboring Department has a structure fire last night....today it looks like a winter wonderland....neighbors still can't get into their home....iced shut......They had to cover the exposures.....
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