This is a pretty standard practice all fire departments have. Flushing hydrants of dirt and debris helps keep them in good working order for when they’re needed.
Opening up the steamer connection is the general method to begin a flushing. If a large object was dumped into the hydrant barrel, it's likely to be seen and extracted by initial flooding of the barrel, it likely won't be seen if either of the 2-1/2" outlets are used instead of the steamer or "large" connector. Refilling the water tank on a fire pumper is usually from one of the 2-1/2" outlets but the steamer connection is for firefighting flows. Always, ALWAYS open all hydrants slowly and fully and just as slow when closing to prevent a water hammer phenomena that can actually cause a water main breakage. Dry barrel hydrants should always be observed draining from near the base to ensure that the hydrant does not retain water that can freeze and break during freezing temperatures. Never think that a hydrant wrench can't be found out in the general public making hydrant vandalism a targeted activity for miscreants. Hydrant flushing is part of an annual inspections process to ensure that encrustation in the water mains is removed, that the flow is adequate and in line with records of previous testing. Some fire departments do the maintenance and testing, while public utilities in many places perform the tasks. The American Waterworks Association and the NFPA have procedures set out to perform hydrant inspections and testing going back to the 19th Century. With older water mains and piping, inadequate maintenance may lead to earlier failure of a water mains just when it might be needed most, during the initial stages of a working fire. Infrastructure is important. Fully 80 percent of the cost of providing water mains to any community can be directly attributed to fire protection needs.
@@Carbonredox nope... just an old retired professional firefighter/EMT. Someone who believed in training, professional competency and an ever expanding knowledge base over a twenty five year career. Just like everyone in my generation that deeply cared about public safety who immersed themselves in the educational aspects of the job. Associate of Applied Sciences degrees in Fire Science and Environmental Protection, too. Basic literacy... just like almost everyone in our department. Most of the officers had Bachelors degrees or Masters. Our rookie school now takes almost a year to complete. Education. People from other fields who often have degrees are attracted to the department. Professional standards are the big draw... just like every other progressive department in the nation. I've been retired for over 21 years. It's actually gotten competitive to get hired now. I wonder why?
My favorite ones are where it comes out BLACK for 3 minutes or so while flushing. The town I use to work for had a water system that had portions of it that date back to the 1900s and 1910s. Hydrant flushing was a part of regular maintenance to maintain water quality
Me: At home after school, at a rest stop on a long driving trip, after holding it for a day, after having 8 cups of coffee, after drinking 4 bottles of water on a hot day, at some restaurant after eating spicy chicken wings and drinking 2 glasses of soda to quench the hotness, after watching this video. There, all the piss jokes have been made.
The rule.... Fully open for 10 seconds after its clean.... This was not a good flush... A slow flush leave crap in the pipe... I this this guy didnt want to get wet..
Lankster Price this was not conducted to flush full capacity. this step was done to place a guage on the outlet to get the static pressure reading. this keeps you gauge from getting clogged. The next hydrant was operated at full flow. again this is the first step to perform a flow test on a hydrant.
Proper inspection, testing and maintenance of fire hydrants is covered in the NFPA 25 code book that covers Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems. What was done in this video is not according to the procedures covered in NFPA 25. I’ve noticed that in my area very few fire protection “experts” actually know how to do much of anything properly or according to code. I would be very reluctant to hire this company to do anything fire protection related. If you’re going to do something, do it right or don’t bother.
Fire hydrant: *holds his urine* Guy: let’s just make him go to th bathroom Fire hydrant: can u just unwind the bolt a little bit Guy: ok Fire hydrant: ahhhh that’s goo I’ve been holding it since I was born
It probably will work, but having all that sediment and junk in there will gunk up and damage the hoses and pumps on the trucks, and that stuff is really expensive, so you want to keep it in good condition as long as possible.
When you open a hydrant, open it all the way and slowly. Close it the same way! Opening a hydrant partially will damage it. If you open it flush for a few minutes and there will always be more crappy water come out even after it first looks clean. That is why cities are supposed to flush hydrants.
All I'm reminded of is the one King of the Hill episode where Hank, Dale, Bill and Boomhower become fire fighters and end up destroying a fire hydrant by using the jaws of life on it
The water at first was so clean because the hydrant hasn't been used in so long. Everything settled to the bottom of the pipe so that water was probably drinkable at first surprisingly.
This is why a loop cross connect water system is a good practice, not an in line dead end system. In a loop system, water is always moving and not stagnant.
I could tell when the town department was flushing hydrants because my tap water would be rusty. I would have to run it sometimes for like two hours to clear it up, both hot and cold to get the sediment out of the tanks.
"thats some clean water right there"
JiRahb likestheinternet looks clear tell me put orange Kool-Aid in there
said no one
Rust
Bruce lee is my favourite
777 likes
Alternate title: Watching a fire hydrant have liquid diarrhea.
This was satisfying
Lol
Lol 😂 I can’t stop laughing for 5-(to)10 minutes. Good one 😂🤣❤️👍😎
Watching it have the diarrhea of it’s life!
Lolll
This is a pretty standard practice all fire departments have. Flushing hydrants of dirt and debris helps keep them in good working order for when they’re needed.
Forbidden coffee
@@jamesconway6265 Really jolts ya awake in the mornin
@@jamesconway6265 highschool bladders when it's annybreak time:
Me: why is it yellow?
Everyone else: *makes bathroom jokes*
XD
Bacteria 🦠 🧫 and stuff
@@Cryptic4419 qqqqqqq
Iron
@RILYNN STRAIN nah because when he first opened it the water was clean it was because of rust
"Eww that's gross"
*proceeds to casually eat spaghetti
OMG IM EATING SPAGHETTI RIGHT NOW
Coincidence? I think not.
NebbyHatesBags same
Wait is that a reference to all grown up?
000
It’s brown cuz the hydrant is rusty man I’m so smart
OHHHH I GET IT NOW
Im agree
That's right! The insides of a hydrant can be rusty. Of course geysers of hydrants wont be brown when hit.
Oop oh
Oh now I know
0:16 when I forgot to shake the ketchup bottle
Lol
Yep lol
Ew it’s so disgusting
BRUH it always gotta have some water in it
Or 0:18?
Imagine there’s a fire and the firefighters have to spray pee all over your house
@Doomsikle quite literally
Legit I would be happy with at least something
@Doomsikle rather be pissed off than pissed on huh
@@bababashqort3598 ever heard of a joke?
That'll be so crapy.
These are dog urinals, you have to empty them when they get full like that.
Mike Oxlong yeah
Mike Oxlong I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic.
Vice 88 surely someone by the name of Mike Oxlong would never be anything less than totally serious
Vice 88 I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic?
I cant ask...
when you finally get back from that super long car trip
L30 i laughed so hard at your comment lol
-there are stops with toilets-
@@krakerbingo stops are for the weak
@@TheReaper5125 if the roadtrip takes 6h instead of 3 i think you're right
Lmaooo i busted out LAUGHING LMAOOO
99% of the comments: *something to do with going to the bathroom*
The other 1%: wow that’s really satisfying
also 99 mostly evrryone got recommended
You know that WAS satisfying
Rẻnkrjr
D8f
XD
I like how at the end he says "There's another TRANSFORMER right there". ANOTHER TRANSFORMER.... THEY ARE STANDING ON WATER. 1,500 VOLTS.....
more like 15 KV....
When you hold in your pee and finally reach a toilet.
Yeah thats me
yes definetly me!
Lol
yeah defo me
Yap you right
When you get home from school
Bruh this made me laugh
Fr I drink like 4 boddles of water and when I get home 😆
Dam too accurate
XD
🤣
When youve been holding it in the whole trip
Relatable
Funny lol 😂
I almost choked on my smoothie lol 😂
"Oh don't worry 'the trip won't be that long"
Mum 5 hours ago
(This a play on joke)
Opening up the steamer connection is the general method to begin a flushing. If a large object was dumped into the hydrant barrel, it's likely to be seen and extracted by initial flooding of the barrel, it likely won't be seen if either of the 2-1/2" outlets are used instead of the steamer or "large" connector. Refilling the water tank on a fire pumper is usually from one of the 2-1/2" outlets but the steamer connection is for firefighting flows. Always, ALWAYS open all hydrants slowly and fully and just as slow when closing to prevent a water hammer phenomena that can actually cause a water main breakage. Dry barrel hydrants should always be observed draining from near the base to ensure that the hydrant does not retain water that can freeze and break during freezing temperatures. Never think that a hydrant wrench can't be found out in the general public making hydrant vandalism a targeted activity for miscreants. Hydrant flushing is part of an annual inspections process to ensure that encrustation in the water mains is removed, that the flow is adequate and in line with records of previous testing. Some fire departments do the maintenance and testing, while public utilities in many places perform the tasks. The American Waterworks Association and the NFPA have procedures set out to perform hydrant inspections and testing going back to the 19th Century. With older water mains and piping, inadequate maintenance may lead to earlier failure of a water mains just when it might be needed most, during the initial stages of a working fire. Infrastructure is important. Fully 80 percent of the cost of providing water mains to any community can be directly attributed to fire protection needs.
Jesus christ, are you a wikipedia page?
@@Carbonredox nope... just an old retired professional firefighter/EMT. Someone who believed in training, professional competency and an ever expanding knowledge base over a twenty five year career. Just like everyone in my generation that deeply cared about public safety who immersed themselves in the educational aspects of the job. Associate of Applied Sciences degrees in Fire Science and Environmental Protection, too. Basic literacy... just like almost everyone in our department. Most of the officers had Bachelors degrees or Masters. Our rookie school now takes almost a year to complete. Education. People from other fields who often have degrees are attracted to the department. Professional standards are the big draw... just like every other progressive department in the nation. I've been retired for over 21 years. It's actually gotten competitive to get hired now. I wonder why?
@@mikegrant8490 good thing we had you around, instead of tryin to defund ya, you probably saved thousands of lives in your career
0:15 my butt after taco bell
Same
And that’s why I will never have Taco Bell
What your but after taco bell hahahahah😂😂😂
@・L i n d s a y・ me,to
OH NO *poops*
I hate taco bell
After you haven't pee'd for 5 days
Bladder infection
john son of Morris omg so funny
If I didn't see this comment, I would of said the same
And your pee contains shit traces
john son of Morris o
My favorite ones are where it comes out BLACK for 3 minutes or so while flushing. The town I use to work for had a water system that had portions of it that date back to the 1900s and 1910s. Hydrant flushing was a part of regular maintenance to maintain water quality
Fire hydrants body is imperfectly perfect
Perfect location for a transformer...
Thats why theres lead in Flint Michigan. They make the fire hidrants out of lead and it makes the water get brown and lead in it.
Its not dirt. Its lead and stuff. Its like in Flint.
haywood jeblome Its not lead my dude
The old ones are.
***** why would they make a material that water passes through out of lead? Do you realize lead is poisonous
0:17
When you drink way too much water on a hot day and at the end you go to the bathroom like...
Aaaahhhhhhhh
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
kikkinn stop no
@2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi ok u were the one who made the joke
we ain’t gonna talk about how this dude literally responded to a comment after 2 years? madlad
Me: At home after school, at a rest stop on a long driving trip, after holding it for a day, after having 8 cups of coffee, after drinking 4 bottles of water on a hot day, at some restaurant after eating spicy chicken wings and drinking 2 glasses of soda to quench the hotness, after watching this video.
There, all the piss jokes have been made.
Ey a furry. Greet! .lol yeah you managed to cover them all i think.
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It is amazing that, video of fire hydrant being flushed has 19M views thus far.
The rule.... Fully open for 10 seconds after its clean.... This was not a good flush... A slow flush leave crap in the pipe... I this this guy didnt want to get wet..
Lankster Price this was not conducted to flush full capacity. this step was done to place a guage on the outlet to get the static pressure reading. this keeps you gauge from getting clogged. The next hydrant was operated at full flow. again this is the first step to perform a flow test on a hydrant.
Proper inspection, testing and maintenance of fire hydrants is covered in the NFPA 25 code book that covers Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems. What was done in this video is not according to the procedures covered in NFPA 25. I’ve noticed that in my area very few fire protection “experts” actually know how to do much of anything properly or according to code. I would be very reluctant to hire this company to do anything fire protection related.
If you’re going to do something, do it right or don’t bother.
Nice Shoes
Is he wearing doc martens?
white people shoes
Ferrari you rasist
I was going to say the same
Adam Martin was nice shoes
when you go on a road trip and dont stop at a gas station for the whole trip but you finally get a hotel:
Everyone: **makes bathroom joke**
Me: **actually believes it’s pee**
Same xD
Its rust
That's what the water at my school looks like
Exactly
Garrett Cash same
same
Lettuce.
Tomato
"That's clean water right there..." *Opens up a little more.* Rust... *Goes clean* OH CRAP THE TRANSFORMER!!
LOL
When you cut your leg and it just randomly starts bleeding 10 minutes later
People saying thats their a$$ when they ate taco bell- and then me; 👁👄👁
(insert taco bell joke here)
TACO BELL? MORE LIKE TACO SCHOOLBELL
IM kidding
BonsenMutter that was just...
When you ate too much Taco Bell last night
Hey its taco bell it isnt gonna do anything.
(TEN HOURS LATER)
*HAAAAAA CRONIC RECTOM PAIN* AHHHH
After you eat tacobell for a week
0:25 looks like alien piss
(edit: you know what? it looks like normal piss)
no orange piss
If that’s what your piss looks like... you better go visit your doctor to get it checked out!
Evan McIntyre yeah and if it does then u need to be drinking water
NOO I'TS A POOP HHAHAHAHA
Richard lol
There’s some interesting things in the world and this is one of them...
Me: why is there 22 million views?
The whole internet: Interesting 🤔
When you are running and the feeling hits you and your like IM NOT GONNA MAKE IT
When you haven’t peed in 100 days
When you go to wash your hands after using the school bathroom.
HYDRANT is a student, he has just come home but he had lunch at the school cafeteria early.
AND NOW: 0:19
Sorry I couldnt hold in my pee
Laughs at you
*this is orange jowse*
3Danger us HA HA HA
Juice* :)
Orange Jews
*S L U R P*
You
Fire hydrant: *holds his urine*
Guy: let’s just make him go to th bathroom
Fire hydrant: can u just unwind the bolt a little bit
Guy: ok
Fire hydrant: ahhhh that’s goo I’ve been holding it since I was born
u funny
XD
@@bird765 z CVC z zx
This is crucial to firefighting if you don’t flush the hydrant it can mean that it won’t work
It probably will work, but having all that sediment and junk in there will gunk up and damage the hoses and pumps on the trucks, and that stuff is really expensive, so you want to keep it in good condition as long as possible.
When you open a hydrant, open it all the way and slowly. Close it the same way! Opening a hydrant partially will damage it. If you open it flush for a few minutes and there will always be more crappy water come out even after it first looks clean. That is why cities are supposed to flush hydrants.
Is this a metaphor for using cock rings while using the bathroom?
@@kiyosenl.3889 ???
@@yughesyugu2393 ??????
@@kiyosenl.3889 !?!?!?!?!?!
@@Racist_DustDust666 ????????
this was sooooooo satisfying
*HOW MUCH WATER DID YOU DRINK?!*
Fun fact: nobody knows who invented the fire hydrant
u know who did
that man that had to hold his shit since he was born
@Hansue Miku idk wut u said
@Hansue Miku wut I don't want to talk to u
Nah man, he prob drinked too much water days ago then started to get dehydrated an starts to pee.
@Nisuki Cake ok just shut up pls like I don't want to read your fucking replys
This was my summer job this year 40h of doing this and taking pressure readings lol
Please tell me where I apply for this job
Usually you do that working for the City's water departement or public works I heard third party companies are hired by the city to do it also
*cough cough* flint michigan
Dank Dex OMG I CANT
noo
Lmao 😭😂😂😂
lol 😘💍💍🐷🐕🐺🐩🐶🐒🦁🐄🐷🐕🐩🐺🐅🐵🐄🐆🐕🐩🐅🐯🐄🦁🐺🐩🐷🐩🐄🐒🐅🐩🐆🐩🐒🐶🐄🦁🐩🐱🐩🐒🐶🦁🐄🐱🐩🐱🐆🐺🐒🐅🐄🐱🐺🐩🐆🐒🐶🐄🦁🐱🐩🐆🐺🐵🐒🐅🐩🐺🐄🐺🐱🐩🐆🐒🐅🐵🐄🐵🐴😅😄😃😊😀😁😋😍😄😅😀😁😂😄😍😆😅😊😁😂😁😍😅😆😂😁😆😅😍😄😊😊😁😁😆😅
Bud that’s rust not lead😒 are people not use there brains before they speak??
All I'm reminded of is the one King of the Hill episode where Hank, Dale, Bill and Boomhower become fire fighters and end up destroying a fire hydrant by using the jaws of life on it
LMAO ME TOO and the YTP by DurhamrockerZ
When you get home after a long road trip.
But what happens if the road-trip has Gad stops in that you can go to the restroom ?
@@josem588 The parents say no stops along the trip. 😎
@@Fearagen and the how they put fuel on the car or the car has infinite gasoline (I am joking)
@@josem588 Spare gasoline can in the back. 😎
When u thought someone peed that much in ur yard
The water at first was so clean because the hydrant hasn't been used in so long. Everything settled to the bottom of the pipe so that water was probably drinkable at first surprisingly.
I may think twice before opening up a hydrant next to what looks like a transformer
My childhood memories of running thru these things in the streets with the whole neighborhood have been ripped away…
At 0:48, notice the water is flowing around those HIGH VOLTAGE electrical boxes behind him.
Just think about that for a moment!
because it doesn't rain there?
There's a power electricity house floating and buzzing on the background..
When you try to hold it in, but you start shooting Nutella.
no
when you *nut* so hard
@@tnolentin why would it be that color though?
because NUT is a brown NUT.
@@tnolentin ah well in that case 😂
CVg
"There's another transformer right there" xD that gave me instant anxiety!
I thought I was only one who notice that
@@ChaddyJ29 3 days ago
Me: can i get water from the cafeteria
Teacher: no we have water down the hall
Water down the hall: 0:20
It's rust no way that's water
Enduro Shiv its not rust it sediment from the ground
Chayton Thompson and rust
rusted water
its rusted sediment water
Go to peeing after teacher said you can’t go to bathroom for 3 times
This is why a loop cross connect water system is a good practice, not an in line dead end system. In a loop system, water is always moving and not stagnant.
It’s 2:30 am and it’s school tmrw
This video I’m sure will academically help me
0:50 Sounds "tight" in Japanese
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@@sayajooj9568 now post it in phone format cause all I got is it might be a troll face but not sure.
This is the same color the water in my shower is
My mom's food is always the color of curry...
Me after I hold it in for a few hours, go to sleep, and then wake up:
I’m not standing in a puddle with that humming transformer behind them! Then again, rain exists
This is you when you can’t hold and you peed in public:
Me when the teacher finally lets me use the bathroom
Eeeeeeeew
it was kinda cool seeing the water turn clear again
Imagine walking into your classroom restroom and peeing and it's all fun in games until you realize they can here you
*so that's where all my orange juice went*
Yeet
when you come home from your girlfriends house
あしたもおし🎵
@@user-og3hr5dk7d I was trying to make a boner reference
How is it's smell
Alternate title: fire hydrant throws up
There’s OJ coming out of the fire hydrant; have a carton of orange juice in your fridge right now? Where do you think it comes from? 🤔
Everybody Gangsta till’ the fire hydrant start havin diarrhea
every body till u d's police start drinking that shit right there
(that's wut the homeless been drinking)
I could tell when the town department was flushing hydrants because my tap water would be rusty. I would have to run it sometimes for like two hours to clear it up, both hot and cold to get the sediment out of the tanks.
After a moment, water became corn soup, then became pumpkin juice.
Is this hydrant having a hard time holding in its pee?
0:18 Trzaskowski Wisła Moment
To the people who don’t know it’s not pee it is water that has settled and rusted in the pipe and it gives it that colour
I was told going through the fire academy that you never ever stand in front or on the side while opening a hydrant.
why am i watching this im trying to do my homework
0:20 me after i eat taco bell
I just made a joke like that. and hi Saturn!
Why are these videos entertaining
ahh yes, moments after morning coffee
When your drinking and finally break stream.
Oh my god. It's DIP
kattastic9999 THAT'S RIGHT MY DEAR!
Firefighters: why is the water yellow
Me: who is shooting piss at my burning house
When you finally let out your pee in the bathroom:
Hahahha yes
When u have agressive diharia
0:18 when the walls in bendy burst
Teacher can I use the bathroom?
Teacher: why didnt you go during lunch?
The bathroom during lunch:
Imagine this comes out what the fire fighters are trying to put out the fire.
This video tells you how to explode a transformer
When you’re dehydrated
Gabby that’s a pun
The forbidden Popcorn Butter
Bottle that and sell it as "IRON GIANT" energy water.