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Old 09-11-2020, 02:34 PM   #341 (permalink)
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I was thinking, if I could accomplish that in about an hour, I could purpose build a sprinkler head at 4 locations on the roof in a few hours and $40 of materials. Don't know why all houses don't have this built in. If I get an evac call, I turn on 2 hose bibs and leave knowing the only way the place catches fire is for the forest across the street to burn too hot.
The evacuation checklist my company forwarded to employees today specifically told people not to leave their sprinklers on when they evacuate. If too many people turn on their sprinklers the municipal water pressure drops and firefighters don't have the water they need at hydrants to fight the fire.

Checklist is here: https://www.readyforwildfire.org/pre...aration-steps/
 
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It's happened to me my neighbors.

2.5 trailers in my gated community lost when the hydrants were dry. But I managed to save a tree and probably the two trailers under it with a garden hose.

Now I have a 330 gallon polypropylene tank in a metal cage, like this:


https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/19...g?v=1505573039

Next step is an irrigation pump.
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Hogging all of the water yourself kind of sounds like not dimming your brights--for safety!

If only there were an easy way to separate nitrogen from air. Leave your nitrogen generator going when you leave and what can burn?

Or breathe...

Breathing is problematic anyway...
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The evacuation checklist my company forwarded to employees today specifically told people not to leave their sprinklers on when they evacuate. If too many people turn on their sprinklers the municipal water pressure drops and firefighters don't have the water they need at hydrants to fight the fire.
Hardly anyone has fire suppression sprinklers though, so my use (and anyone else with fire suppression) wouldn't matter. That, and it only flows 1 GPM (or is it CFM? Having difficulty making sense of my water meter). This is my 2 sprinklers running.



What percent of neighborhoods have hydrants anyhow? Mine does, but it seems somewhat uncommon.

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Now I have a 330 gallon polypropylene tank in a metal cage, like this:
I have 2 of those exact storage vessels, except mine have diesel in them. I'll light 'em up, you put 'em out.
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Breathing is problematic anyway...
Maybe for you. I find it refreshing.

I have no idea what was in my tank previously. I certainly wouldn't use it for potable water. But you see flocks of them behind the breweries in The Whitaker.

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Hardly anyone has fire suppression sprinklers though, so my use (and anyone else with fire suppression) wouldn't matter. That, and it only flows 1 GPM (or is it CFM? Having difficulty making sense of my water meter). This is my 2 sprinklers running.
If they became standard as you recommended above then everyone would have them. As it stands today I'm sure plenty of people turned on their landscaping sprinklers. That is what a coworker of mine did. He is on a well so they will run until the power cuts or the pump burns out.


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What percent of neighborhoods have hydrants anyhow? Mine does, but it seems somewhat uncommon.
I don't know. Every house I've lived in except 1 had hydrants. (That is 10 houses in 5 states.) The only one that didn't have a hydrant was a dublex outside of town with a well.

 
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