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Utility Learns Lesson of the Valves
Author(s) -
Carpenter Carol
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2004.tb01750.x
Subject(s) - subdivision , firefighting , architectural engineering , water pressure , volume (thermodynamics) , operations management , aeronautics , engineering , civil engineering , geography , marine engineering , cartography , physics , quantum mechanics
This article discusses a situation where closed water valves caused insufficient water volume for the fire department to extinguish a fire in a suburban Denver housing subdivision on Christmas Day, 2003. After a call by the fire department to Denver Water, water pressure was increased to the hydrants, helping firefighters to more easily and quickly extinguish the fire. The article explains that the valves were left closed by construction workers who were working on new housing developments in the area, and that older areas of Denver rarely experience this kind of problem.