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Christopher Gribble
Houston, TX · 19 days ago

Just for it to go into drainage and back into OUR water supply

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mike brewer
Jackson, OH · 2 months ago

they flush them yearly

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Stewart Fisher
Springfield, MO · 6 hours ago

it's called settlement.. dirt from line breaks and other pipe flow disruptions. they flush out the lines 2times a year in big cities !

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Van Jackson
23 days ago

Do they even do that anymore?

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Michael Cooper
Scipio Center, NY · 5 months ago

But why can’t fires be fought with dirty water? Does it act like gasoline?

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Chad Barker
3 months ago

so what now, is it racist to put dirty water on a fire now. didn't see a protest about fires rights

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John McDonald
5 months ago

It’s just rust build up in side the fire hydrants, not inside the water pipe, I’ve been doing this for 40 years.

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Ian Mason
Montague, CA · 2 months ago

Its everyones dogs pee thats why

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Rhonda W Durham
Las Vegas, NV · 5 months ago

Does the water have to be clean to use for a fire?

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John Miles
Cave Junction, OR · 5 months ago

Sometimes idiots take the caps off and put junk inside. We were taught to open the valve before hooking up the equipment to flush out any debris.

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Scott Miller
Muscatine, IA · 4 months ago

Really? firefighters? The public water workers do that, so they can test the hydrants so they work when the firefighters need them. And they clean the system out by flushing all hydrants in the town if they can. I respect all the firefighters do, hats off to all. But give credit where its do

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shocka locka
West Jordan, UT · 3 months ago

That's California's drinking water, Don't waist it.

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Lorie Duckett
Granbury, TX · 5 months ago

Ya’ll leave them alone. They save lives. If y’all see them thank them. These heroes might be saving you or your babies next week. I stand for fireman 🙏🏼

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Robert Blackwin
Aurora, CO · 5 months ago

you would think by now they'd have a ratcheted wrench lol

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James Larson
Broadalbin, NY · 5 months ago

The amount of people that can’t comprehend or imagine a single valid reason for every aspect of this scenario… it’s troublesome to me.

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Dodge Man
Vancouver, WA · 4 months ago

see that's the one thing with sprinkler systems also is that nobody cleans them out and so when they're needed they don't operate.

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Bob Jackson
New Baltimore, MI · 4 months ago

ex firefighter here 1 reason to flush hydrants is arsonists will fill with gas so when truck hooks up you spray gas on a fire

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L T
Philadelphia, PA · 4 months ago

You need the real JESUS

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Charlie Bucklez
Myrtle Beach, SC · 4 months ago

rusty pipes?

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Dash Riprock
Cave City, AR · 5 months ago

Secure your oxygen mask, it’s driving me insane.

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Nina Hughes
DeRidder, LA · 5 months ago

took him long enough to open it. house could have burned down by the time he got it open.

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Victor Jeffers
Surgoinsville, TN · 5 months ago

Why would you be in full gear jus to release some water from a hydrant ?

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Cliff Callahan
Sacramento, CA · 4 months ago

They clean the line out so the water can flow through the hose without clogging the firehose nozzle.

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Clemmitt Thornton
Raleigh, NC · 4 months ago

Ahh yess... The Gen X hydration system... thats part of the reason most of us are indestructible now!! 😆

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Emanuel
Orlando, FL · 4 months ago

it look like testing firehydrants,depending on states 1 or 2 a year

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Kenneth Lafleur
Bourne, MA · 4 months ago

must be a rookie making him wear every piece of gear

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Sean Beach
Franklin, TN · 4 months ago

that sediment can also cause methane pockets.

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Fredeick McDaniels
Summerville, SC · 4 months ago

Ok…why?

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Elsie Francois
Allons, TN · 4 months ago

Rust

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Robert Mares
Phoenix, AZ · 4 months ago

and the reason iisss???

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tim timpe
Auburn, WA · 4 months ago

wth

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Jennifer Dupree
North Fork, CA · 4 months ago

rusty water . from old lines . flushing keeps corrosion down and lines clear or sediment .

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Shawn
Fontana, CA · 3 months ago

We do this every year hydrant maintenance , It lets us know if they hydrants need to be serviced. And we also flush it into a water truck until the water is crystal clear ! Fire department in my area only use the hydrants if there is a fire .

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Its Whatever
Etowah, OK · 4 months ago

well since it is tied to your drinking water it is supposed to be flushed every so often because hydrants and dead ends

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Iam Bobski
Salt Lake City, UT · 4 months ago

Sediment builds up and when a fire happens and they open and no water big problem for everyone one 😂

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Ed Cohen
Miami, FL · 4 months ago

they're actually letting air out of the system

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Jesse Steele
Waukegan, IL · 4 months ago

remember this righty tidy Lefty Lucy

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mrbird killa
Somerville, MA · 4 months ago

rust is the enemy,even in homes

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Stonecold
Grants Pass, OR · 5 months ago

That's definitely not LA... 🤔

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TEIGHNK
Kansas City, MO · 4 months ago

next do video that says this is why wasp stings hurt, then show a guy get hammered by a hornet and then don't say anything else especially if it answers the question.

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Jackman001
Westland, MI · 4 months ago

as a kid we cut off ends of soup cans and use it to direct the water from a hydrant to shoot water like a cannon. yeah. a waste of water.😂

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Jamell Roberts
Philadelphia, PA · 4 months ago

so play in it😂

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Charles Walker
Jackson, TN · 5 months ago

This prevents damage to the truck's pump by removing any rusted particles from the underground pipes.

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Brian Greenberg
Lakeland, FL · 5 months ago

Great… another Fireman creating water quality complaints & water hammer

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Joseph Dowdy
Grand Bay, AL · 5 months ago

It’s called ‘burping’ the hydrant

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noseringwearing,fatbeliedliberal
5 months ago

Looks like that wasn’t done last time

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WAZx Wazx
Brooklyn, NY · 4 months ago

This is true, and they do this all around the United States in the city areas, so all the dirt and settlement wind up in people houses nearby thru tap water.💧 This is how they've been controlling the neighborhood with chemicals and fluoride.⚠️

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