time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 23 days agoDuring Baltimore's Great Fire of 1904, firefighters from other cities arrived to help, but many couldn't connect their hoses to Baltimore's hydrants because the fittings used different threads.imagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down13
arrow-up148arrow-down1imageDuring Baltimore's Great Fire of 1904, firefighters from other cities arrived to help, but many couldn't connect their hoses to Baltimore's hydrants because the fittings used different threads.time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareGreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 days agoThere’s a handful of Chicago suburbs that use a 5" pumper on the hydrant instead of a 5 1/4" pumper. Most fire fire departments around there have a few fittings on each truck but, always a surprise when you forget.
There’s a handful of Chicago suburbs that use a 5" pumper on the hydrant instead of a 5 1/4" pumper. Most fire fire departments around there have a few fittings on each truck but, always a surprise when you forget.