Accidents


2 Car MVA Involving a Fire Hydrant at South 10th & Rt 27:


EMS


EMS


Car vs. hydrant: the hydrant won


An unorthodox technique of jacking up a car


Trivia:
Unlike the Hollywood movie scene in which a hydrant turns into a streetside fountain as soon as it's knocked over, most of North America's hydrants are dry barrel hydrants, meaning the water is not up to the valves of the hydrant but is below ground level, in order to protect the hydrant from freezing. Only in areas where the hydrant would not be subject to freezing temperatures, like sunny Hollywood, CA, would the water be up to the valves (a wet barrel hydrant) and knocking over a hydrant like that would cause water to flow freely.


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