time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month 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.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13
arrow-up133arrow-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.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareGreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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.