This is why you shouldn't park in front of a fire hydrant

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It s obviously a joke. Firemen wouldn't do that and would put hose on the top of car.
 
I think its more of Firefighter doing it to spite that owner of car. Joke, I think not.
 
A little red x Alex? OMG surely not! :lol:
 
Well, they will have to pay for these broken windows!
 
In New Orleans and, definitely, in Baltimore, if you'd park in front of a fire hydrant, you'd get towed - not a ticket.

Judging by the consequential direction of the hose, I really don't see the reason for having the hose go through the car. I'm no expert as to why.

I do know . . . don't park in front of a fire hydrant!
 
lumbingmi said:
It s obviously a joke. Firemen wouldn't do that and would put hose on the top of car.
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Babyblue said:
Could be a joke or it could have been the hose wasn't long enough to go over the car.
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They probably can't put the hose on top of the car for safety reason - the hose has to be as straight as possible or bend with minimal angle as possible because this is a very very high-pressure hose. Think about what would happen to the hose if the angle of bend (hose) is high by going on top of the car. :-o

That's why it takes 2+ firemen (depending on PSI) to man the hose. Wondering how really strong the running fire hose is? see below -

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yup it's that strong.
 
lumbingmi said:
It s obviously a joke. Firemen wouldn't do that and would put hose on the top of car.
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Actually, firemen would do that.

There's a lot of pressure going through the hose and having it going up and over the car wouldn't do well for the hose. So, they have it done straight through the windows.

I've spoken with several firemen on this subject before. They say that they prefer to avoid it, but do often do it if the middle of the car is directly in front of the hydrant.
 
The pressure from fire hydrant is about 2000 gallons per minute thats a lot of pressure, while fire truck pumper pumps anywhere from 750-1500 gallons per minute. It is strong enough and it takes at least 2 firemen to handle large hoses :)
 
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