What does the color of the fire hydrant mean?
Fire hydrants have many different colors such as: red, orange, green, yellow, purple .
Each color usually represents different water supply capacity, in GMP or gallon / minute (1GMP = 3.79 liters / minute).
The higher the GMP, the greater the fire extinguisher has.
Each color often represents different water supply capabilities.
Fire hydrants usually have 4 common colors:
- Red: Under 500 GMP (nearly 1900 liters of water / minute).
- Orange color: 500-1000 GMP (1900-3800 liters of water / minute).
- Green: 1000-1500 GMP (3800-5700 liters of water / minute).
- Blue: 1500 GMP (5700 liters of water or more).
However, not all colors represent water supply capacity, some colors indicate where water is supplied.
- Yellow indicates that the water is taken from the public water supply system.
- Purple water pillars means water is taken from ponds and lakes.
