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Everything You Need to Know About Hydrant Rings

 

Hydrant ring display critical information to firefighters and utility personnel about hydrant usage, condition, ownership and water flow capacity. Utilizing hydrant rings offers a strategic advantage in efficiently managing emergency response and water supply systems. It also ensures that every hydrant is utilized to its maximum potential, optimizing safety and service delivery. Here’s what you need to know about the warnings written on hydrant rings, their colors, diameters, and materials.

What Do Hydrant Rings Say?

In the world of municipal services and emergency response, the information conveyed by hydrant rings can be a game-changer. These hydrant markers are not just simple identifiers but repositories of important details that guide firefighters and maintenance crews in their duties. Standard legends are, “For Fire Department Use Only” and “Out of Service”.  Rings can be customized to display ownership, emergency call numbers, penalties for theft or unauthorized usage and more.

NFPA Flow Rings are color coded to indicate the water flow rate capacity.  The colors correspond to those set forth by the National Fire Protection Agency:

  • Blue – Class AA with a rated capacity of 1500 gpm or greater
  • Green – Class A with a rated capacity of 1000-1499 gpm
  • Orange – Class B with a rated capacity of 500-999 gpm
  • Red – Class C with a rated capacity of less than 500 gpm.

This coding system helps every responder or technician have immediate access to essential data about the hydrant’s capabilities and condition.

When to Use Reflective Hydrant Rings

Reflective hydrant rings play a pivotal role in both daytime and night-time operations. Their high visibility ensures that fire hydrants can be easily located during low light conditions and at night.. While made from the same materials as standard rings, light reflective rings offer a reflective surface that can catch light and illuminate the ring. LEM offers reflective hydrant rings in the same size and stock as standard rings.  The rigid plastic used to make reflective hydrant rings cannot be torn by hand, making them tamper-proof. 

How Many Different Kinds of Hydrant Rings Are Available?

Standard and Reflective hydrant rings are available in both stock and custom legends and in various sizes to accommodate the range of fire hydrant nozzle dimensions.  The larger outside diameter of 10.5” has inside diameter options of 7”, 5.75” and 4.75”.  The smaller outside diameter of 7” has an inside diameter of 3.1“

The rigid plastic used to make hydrant rings cannot be torn by hand making them tamper-proof. The through-body color cannot be scratched or worn away keeping the color coding permanent.

All stock formats can be customized to display company logos, phone numbers and custom texts.

Benefits of Using Hydrant Rings

No matter the situation, utilizing custom fire hydrant rings can have a wide range of benefits in the field. These hydrant rings offer numerous benefits beyond the obvious utility improvements and identifications. These rings and custom fire hydrant markers are useful for the following reasons:

  • Enhanced Safety Compliance: Hydrant rings help ensure that all hydrants meet local and NFPA standards, providing firefighters and maintenance crews with critical, easy-to-read information like flow capacity and operational status.
  • Improved Emergency Response: By clearly displaying vital data such as water flow capacity and pressure levels, hydrant rings enable quicker, more informed decisions during firefighting, drastically reducing response times.
  • Prevention of Unauthorized Use: Color-coded and marked hydrant rings deter unauthorized access to hydrants, helping to maintain system integrity and readiness.

Utilizing custom fire hydrant rings effectively bridges the gap between rapid emergency response and ongoing maintenance, ensuring that hydrants are ready and reliable when needed most.