Topeka officials Tuesday demonstrated some recently acquired equipment expected to enhance the flow of information about the water power of fire hydrants.City spokesman David Bevens said the city ...

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) pamphlet 291, Recommended Practice for Fire Flow Testing and Marking of Hydrants, 2013 ed., recommends that public fire hydrants be flow tested every ...

Measuring hydrant flow rate is virtually the only way to know the firefighting value of a water supply system. Now, we will review some planning considerations for hydrant flow testing.

Orange: Hydrants with a flow rate of 500 to 999 gpm. Green: Hydrants with a flow rate of 1,000 to 1,499 gpm. Blue: Hydrants with a flow rate of 1,500 gpm or greater.

It found few areas with flow rates of 500 gallons per minute and several in the range of 750, but most were above 1,000 gallons and some were over 2,000, according to Theis.

RED BANK, NJ — Residents should be aware of hydrant flow testing scheduled for Wharf Street at 11 a.m. on Thursday, borough ...

Kalispell will be conducting fire hydrant flow testing on various fire hydrants beginning on Wednesday, May 21. KPAX Missoula, MT Posted: May 20, 2025 | Last updated: May 20, 2025 ...

TROTWOOD — Trotwood residents may see discolored water coming out of their taps starting next month. Trotwood Fire and Rescue will be checking fire hydrant flow rates between the dates of April ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- A disrupted fire hydrant flow test resulted in some Fort Rucker Munson Heights residents reporting severely discolored water in their homes in early December.

Hydrant pressure can uproot rust, sediment Originally published March 13, 2005 at 12:00 am Q: A house caught fire a couple of blocks away from me, and while the firefighters were on scene and for ...

This year, while conducting annual flow tests at the more than 2,600 hydrants within the city of Enid, EFD began placing reflective, plastic rings on the hydrants to show how ...