Different colors for different hydrants

The Grant Fire Department has decided to mark the bonnet and the caps of the city of Grant’s fire hydrants according to NFPA

(National Fire Protection Association) Standard 291 (Recommended Practices for Fire Flow Testing and Marking of Hydrants). By painting the bonnets and the outlet plugs an Incident Commander as well as any firefighter can quickly determine which is the largest flowing hydrant near the needed area of concern, according to GVFD Chief Donald Softley. The following table summarizes the flow capacity and the corresponding color recommended by the NFPA 291 standard:

HYDRANTS WITH A FLOW OF:

1,500 gpm or greater: Light Blue

1,000 gpm to 1,499 gpm: Green

500 gpm-999 gpm: Orange

Less than 500 gpm: Red (Grant has chosen to use Black)

Softley further says the city councils and city leadership over the past two decades has wisely chosen to upgrade the cities water system in systematic step and thrifty procedures. Citizens where their businesses or residences have a Light Blue or Green hydrant nearby should must certainly praise and thank the past council members and leadership for foresight in providing adequate water for fire protection. Citizens with a nearby Orange hydrant should also thank past leadership but be very fire wise in their daily concerns with fire safety as the firefighting water flow may be marginally adwaute. Softley further says should you have a Black hydrant near your business or residence you might want to ask when your water system can be upgraded because your water protection is woefully inadequate, whereby water for firefighting falls short of minimum standards