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Dry Hydrants Supply Year‐Round Fire Protection
Author(s) -
Campbell Ken
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1994.tb00972.x
Subject(s) - truck , environmental science , water supply , fire protection , engineering , environmental engineering , civil engineering , automotive engineering
A dry hydrant is a low‐cost, reliable, year‐round source of water for fire protection. This simple device requires only a body of water with truck access. Dry hydrants are used in rural areas to protect large buildings or as fill points. They are also used in urban settings to temporarily increase municipal supplies when a distribution system cannot deliver adequate flows for fire protection.