| The hydrants were not working and the hoses the fire officers were using to extinguish the blaze were riddled with holes. |
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| If it was being done, how is it that they did not know that those hydrants in a critically congested area of the city were inoperable? |
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| The fire hydrants, which are sometimes found to be inoperative during the fire hazards in the town, should be revamped. |
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| Commenting on the lack of water in the downtown fire hydrants, Alfred said they were 50 years old and some were defective. |
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| Of the seven fire hydrants surrounding the chapel, four failed to work for one reason or another. |
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| We are at a loss to understand how buildings without fire hydrants, ventilation, and other safety measures have been allowed to mushroom. |
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| His first track event was the 100-meter hydrants, a kid running down Quentin Street leaping over every fire plug in his path. |
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| The spokesman urged residents not to park in places which would obstruct fire hydrants, fire exits or emergency exit routes. |
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| Lives could be put at risk by yobs vandalising water hydrants so they can cool down in warm weather. |
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| Their presence is counterbalanced by fire hydrants and snow piles on the opposite side. |
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| At night, the utility secretly opened hydrants and poured precious drinking water into the sewers to flush the pipes. |
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| The patented sensitive microphone detects the noise of a water leak transmitted along pipes, valves, and hydrants and through the ground. |
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| He said that only 75 percent of the existing 800 water hydrants located near high-rises and other public facilities were operable. |
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| Originally, extinguishing systems included hydrants and standpipes to assist manual efforts. |
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| There is a chance of residents losing water pressure and it can cause delays for us if we need the hydrants for firefighting. |
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| The fire brigade was called and tackled the blaze using water from street hydrants. |
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| Several hydrants were dry, including one hydrant located in the heart of the area affected by the fire. |
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| He said the installation of some 62 new hydrants would be completed by this week. |
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| During both fires, which occurred simultaneously at 11pm on Friday, firemen faced a severe shortage of water, leaking hoses and dry hydrants. |
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| Outside on the streets the water hydrants dribbled miserably after entertaining shrieking Hispanic kids all day long in exuberant gushes. |
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| The fire hydrants at the complex were too old to provide enough water pressure so fire crews tapped into a 12-inch main nearby. |
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| Therefore, water can still be drawn from external sources such as hydrants, pipes, and wells. |
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| A method for inspecting the integrity of a water pipeline system is disclosed wherein water hydrants can be used to access the system. |
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| In 1985, we installed buried irrigation pipes leading from the pond to fourteen hydrants. |
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| Inadequate water pressure from the District's hydrants could be putting lives at risk. |
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| Water towers, well heads, manholes and fire hydrants are not typically secure, and are considered the most vulnerable points of a water system. |
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| During baseball season, fire hydrants and stoops serve as bases, the middle of the street as the field. |
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| New Yorkers, as any cinema-goer will know, love to use fire hydrants to cool off in hot weather. |
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| I wonder if Mr Watson has ever visited a fire station and seen the daily training which goes on, not to mention the routine fitting of smoke alarms, checking of hydrants etc. |
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| These are used to listen for leak sounds at contact points with the pipe such as fire hydrants and valve. |
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| All leaks emit sound. This sound travels and is transferred to hydrants, armatures and valves. |
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| I don't agree with parking at bus stops or hydrants, and handicapped parking is a great reason to draw and quarter someone. |
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| The operation of valves and hydrants should be carefully controlled and documented to mitigate the above noted concerns. |
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| The larger water supply will also ensure that the Village has a consistent supply of water for fire hydrants in the case of an emergency. |
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| The company intends to make the water hydrants more secure in future. |
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| Whether in water or gas distribution, for main lines, service lines or hydrants. |
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| The seawater was higher than the fire hydrants, and the firefighters had to duck down into it to connect the hose. |
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| Milling around obstacles like manhole covers, hydrants or kerbs, or working in tight bends poses no problem at all for our small machines. |
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| Fire hydrants must be neither obstructed nor made unrecognisable or inaccessible. |
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| A lack of fire hydrants at the airport meant that many burned to death unnecessarily. |
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| Firemen waded through waist-high water in search of fire hydrants, only to find that the town's water system had lost pressure. |
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| The brutalist school made much decorative play with technical features such as fire hydrants. |
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| On the east side of the jetty, the floating docks have hydrants, also supplied by flexible hose, which are always charged with water. |
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| This system is not charged until required and there are no hoses on the docks as the hydrants are intended for the Fire Department use only. |
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| At that time, the Hospital had no fire fighting equipment, no fire doors and no functional hydrants. |
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| The project includes construction of a new water treatment plant, water mains, hydrants, and a new water storage reservoir. |
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| The delivery of jet fuel is provided through at-grade fuelling hydrants located at each of the 120 airport gates. |
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| All important tunnels include fire hydrants, some also provide hoses for use by firemen. |
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| In earlier days, the lack of agreed and validated measurement standards and techniques led to those infamous stories about bullets which didn't fit guns, or couplings for fire hoses which didn't fit the hydrants! |
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| When trucks ran out of water, they shuttled back and forth to the hydrants until a tanker operation was established by Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services to supply the GTAA trucks on site. |
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| It should be noted that sub-surface fire hydrants are deemed materially different from a surface box, due to their use and construction, and are therefore not considered the product concerned. |
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| A piped water system has mains and should also have fire hydrants. |
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| On the others, the water pressure dropped to near zero when pumper trucks connected to hydrants, creating a threat of groundwater contamination to the system. |
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| Improvements will involve replacing existing 4'' water mains with 10'' mains, installing three additional fire hydrants and looping lines for improved pressure and backup supply. |
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| Such fire pump shall be capable, when discharging the maximum amount referred to above through fire hydrants with nozzles of 12 or 16 or 19 mm, of maintaining at any hydrant minimum pressures as required in class B ships. |
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| This charge is used to pay for the fire hydrant system in order to ensure that in the event of a fire there is adequate water flow to fire hydrants. |
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| The balance of the jet fuelling hydrants are checked every three months. |
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| Furniture, doors, windows, trims, fences, swings, stairs, railings, tools, machinery, ornamental iron, piping, fire hydrants, aboveground pool metal contours, lamp posts, exterior tank surfaces, agricultural implements, etc. |
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| Tamper proof locks can be installed on hydrants to control their use. |
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| In order to function properly, a water distribution system requires several types of fittings, including hydrants, shutoff valves, and other appurtenances. |
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| As well, it will allow for the construction of fire hydrants along the full length of the route, thereby enhancing the overall safety of the affected sectors. |
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| The fire district will retrofit the truck into a water tender for use in fighting fires where no hydrants are available. |
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