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In the United Kingdom and Ireland, hydrants are located in the ground. [7] Yellow "H" hydrant signs indicate the location of the hydrants and are similar to the blue signs in Finland. Mounted on a small post or nearby wall etc., the two numbers indicate the diameter of the water main (top number) and the distance from the sign (lower number).
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In the Republic of Ireland, fire services are provided on a county-by-county, local authority basis. Apart from a small number of full-time brigades, most fire services operate a retained duty system, where firefighters are alerted to the fire station by a pager/alerter system. Retained firefighters are typically on call 24 hours a day, 7 days ...
File:West of England combined authority location map UK.svg. ... Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:15, 10 August 2020: 1,108 × 1,345 (517 KB)
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 12:33, 2 October 2012: 816 × 991 (458 KB): Palosirkka: Reverted to version as of 22:58, 12 March 2010 Location maps must remain very accurate
A fire started in Galicia, a province with high risk of wildfire and spread dangerously quick thanks to Hurricane Ophelia (2017) through Spain and Portugal. 2017 – In 17 October, separate fires raged across five counties in Northern California, causing extensive damage in Sonoma and Napa Counties.
External access point for fire sprinkler and dry standpipe at a building in San Francisco, US Antique wet standpipe preserved at Edison and Ford Winter Estates. A standpipe or riser is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, or into bridges in a horizontal position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water ...
The United Kingdom, a sovereign state to the northwest of continental Europe, consists of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For local government in the United Kingdom, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each have their own system of administrative and geographic demarcation. Consequently, there is "no common stratum of ...