Fire Hydrant Question

KDENISE977

KDENISE977

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Does anyone know the laws about fire hydrants? I'm told, there is a law that states a fire hydrant has to be within so many feet of a residence. I've emailed the fire department but got no response. I did call, but I think they're a bit busy today with the whole lumber yard being on fire and no one answered the non emergency phone. Anyone know what the law is?
 
Baja28

Baja28

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Maybe in new developments. There are whole towns without hydrant systems. That's why the fire departments down here all have tanker trucks.
 
kom526

kom526

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If you are serviced by public water then your neighborhood may/should have hydrants. I'm thinking it may be one hydrant for X amount of homes as opposed to 1:1.
 
Tech

Tech

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No law but it will affect insurance. Now there may be code requirements that certain occupancies and construction will require a certain amount of fire protection.

Hydrants are worthless if there is no water to supply them.
 
Baja28

Baja28

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KDENISE977 said:
That's what I'm thinking b/c I know there are none near me. If we had a fire, we'd be done.
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Maybe not. I edited my post. They'd always take the tanker first. Your problem would be response time, not water supply.
 
glhs837

glhs837

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KDENISE977 said:
That's what I'm thinking b/c I know there are none near me. If we had a fire, we'd be done.
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No, because of the aforementioned tanker truckers. Tankers can go get refilled, and the crews know the nearest source to refill
 
GWguy

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KDENISE977 said:
Does anyone know the laws about fire hydrants? I'm told, there is a law that states a fire hydrant has to be within so many feet of a residence. I've emailed the fire department but got no response. I did call, but I think they're a bit busy today with the whole lumber yard being on fire and no one answered the non emergency phone. Anyone know what the law is?
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Rather than the fire dept, maybe contact the water authority, like Metcom, since they are the ones that have to install them.
 
KDENISE977

KDENISE977

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Tech said:
No law but it will affect insurance. Now there may be code requirements that certain occupancies and construction will require a certain amount of fire protection.

Hydrants are worthless if there is no water to supply them.
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Yes, that's what my husband said. Our home owners insurance is higher b/c of that.
 
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photo

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fire hydrants are placed in distance, the distance varies depending on the zoning. I believe residential is a 1000ft and can be as close as 300ft in an industrial or high risk area. Some areas they have been marked with colored bands or the tops painted different colors, the color indicates what the GPM (gallons per minute) should be.
 
Baja28

Baja28

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photo said:
fire hydrants are placed in distance, the distance varies depending on the zoning. I believe residential is a 1000ft and can be as close as 300ft in an industrial or high risk area. Some areas they have been marked with colored bands or the tops painted different colors, the color indicates what the GPM (gallons per minute) should be.
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Unless of course the town has no hydrants such as in most of St. Mary's county.
 
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photo

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you are correct, however STM Co is not alone, and just because there are fire hydrants along the street that doesn't that they have been maintained or replaced so they will work if needed.
 
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officeguy

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The distance of fire hydrants along a street influences a communities ISO rating. That rating in addition to the distance of your home to the next fire station are factors home insurers take into account to set the rate for a particular property.
Not aware of a particular law that prescribes the number of hydrants.
 
Lurk

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KDENISE977 said:
Yes, that's what my husband said. Our home owners insurance is higher b/c of that.
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Did you not believe him? If he already told you that, I would assume you entertained the possibility he may be wrong. Which is why you posted the question to the forum. No problem with that. My wife does the same thing. But you'd think she would start trusting my judgement based on years and years of others proving me right.
 
nobody really

nobody really

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Lurk said:
Did you not believe him? If he already told you that, I would assume you entertained the possibility he may be wrong. Which is why you posted the question to the forum. No problem with that. My wife does the same thing. But you'd think she would start trusting my judgement based on years and years of others proving me right.
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you always get a straight, serious, and correct answer here.
 
KDENISE977

KDENISE977

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Lurk said:
Did you not believe him? If he already told you that, I would assume you entertained the possibility he may be wrong. Which is why you posted the question to the forum. No problem with that. My wife does the same thing. But you'd think she would start trusting my judgement based on years and years of others proving me right.
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Because my husband is an electrician, not a fireman nor does he work for the fire Marshall's office. I was looks for answers from someone more qualified? Is that so odd??
 
smilin

smilin

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Fire hydrants have been the exception not the rule in SoMD. As far as I know, unless it is a new subdivision or commercial area with public water, there is no stipulation that a hydrant has to be placed anywhere.
Of course when you talk to an insurance rep in some city somewhere they already know you live in Mayberry RFD which is why they ask about being 1000ft from a hydrant.
They probably are wondering who could possibly live in a red neck trailer area without a hydrant to pee on...
 
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