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Code of Halls
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Code of Halls
Title 18 Water and Sewers
Chapter 1 Water And Sewers
Title 18 Water and Sewers
Chapter 1 Water And Sewers
Halls
Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 1 : Water And Sewers
18-129 : Fire hydrants.
- Volume and pressure standards for all newly installed fire hydrants. All future water mains and fire hydrants to be installed in the Town of Halls water system shall be installed in such a manner to provide adequate fire flows. All water mains shall be at least six inches (6") in diameter. However, larger mains shall be installed when necessary to insure that a minimum of five hundred (500) gallons per minute (gpm) at twenty (20) pounds per square inch (psi) residual pressure is available if the needed fire flow to structures in the area demands such additional flows. Fire hydrants shall be installed in such a manner that there shall be a fire hydrant within five hundred feet (500') of the front entrance of every structure of more than three hundred (300) square feet. The distance to the fire hydrant shall be measured along the route that would be accessible to the fire department to lay fire hose from the hydrant to the building.
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Fire hydrants to be color coded. The bonnets and caps of all fire hydrants in the Town of Halls water system are to be painted and color coded in compliance with NFPA 291 as follows:
COLOR CLASS AVAILABLE FLOWS AT 20 PSI RESIDUAL Blue AA 1,500 gpm or more Green A 1,000 to 1,499 gpm Orange B 500 to 999 gpm Red C Below 500 gpm The body color for all fire hydrants on the Town of Halls municipal water system shall be silver.
Private fire protection hydrant shall be painted yellow.
- Water utility notification to fire department. On an annual basis and by certified mail, the Town of Halls water department shall provide written notification to the fire chief that hydrants with tops painted red cannot be connected directly to a pumper fire truck. The cover letter shall include a complete listing of all Class C fire hydrants in the Town of Halls and shall contain at least the following words, "The attached list of fire hydrants has been found to have inadequate fire flows and shall not be used by the fire department for pumping operations except in the event of immediate and imminent threat of life safety." A copy of such letter shall be distributed to the mayor.
- Filling of booster tanks from hydrants. The fire department shall be allowed to fill the booster tanks on any fire apparatus from an available Class C hydrant by using the water system's available pressure only (that is, fire pumps shall not be engaged during refilling operations from a Class C hydrant). (as added by Ord. #08-01, Feb. 2008)
Date Last Updated: 01/03/2011
Codification Date: 03/01/1998
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Eugene Pugh
Aldermen - Wayne Belton
Aldermen - Ty Brasfield
Aldermen - Matt Henderson
Aldermen - David Jennings
Aldermen - James Tyus
Aldermen - Stan Young
Recorder - Vonda Shelton