Would not surprise me someone started the fires in CA

[Smokeater]

Ours in FW were square and the hydrants turn backwards, took me awhile to get used to it........turn them right to open left to close........watched a poor guy from Naval Air Station on mutual aid at a hydrant they laid a line in and I told one of FF on back to go help him, we were staged on 2nd ladder. He was fighting that hydrant so hard but he wasn't giving up.....it was hot and poor guy was beet red.....I think I actually sent both FF to help him and tell him to go join his company

I'd have still been there fightin' it! I'll have to pay closer attention next time I'm in FW.

[Smokeater]

That's cool! Looking back at that original pic, I didn't notice that it was a wet pipe plug! Interesting that it appears to take the same "wrench" to turn it on as our plugs here (pentagonal head).

Yessir..great idea as long as you don't have to worry about freezing temps. Noticed em many moons ago when we took the kids to San Diego....and 10-4 I'm with you on the plug wrench.

[RiverRat1]

https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1877850901999743397

Cali will never pay for their mistakes. The rest of America will bail them out 100% Just watch. Freaking sick and wrong and ****** me off.

[friscopaint]

I'd have still been there fightin' it! I'll have to pay closer attention next time I'm in FW.

Joke was many years ago the hydrant company messed up and FW got them at a huge discount and since different then anywhere else from then on paid double for the backwards plugs with square stem.......there's an arrow on the top of plugs for direction and till the day I left I had to look at it....spent 10 years prior with ones that opened like everyone elses.....Salt Lake City......caps and stems all square so anybody with a crescent wrench can open them and actually in hydrant bag there are some big wrenches with a longer pipe welded to them for leverage just not as easy as the shop made square ones that didn't slip off and some so hard to open takes 2 FF one on each side or even a bigger breaker pipe to put over handle......