Who needs Gordon Routley when you have Billy Blue Hair? A video report that provides some clarity on water and hydrants.
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Since July 29 I have written an awful a lot about water mains and hydrants in the wake of the water supply problems during the fire on Chain Bridge Road, NW in our Nation’s Capital. Many of the stories mentioned the report by consultant J. Gordon Routley into the 2007 fire on Adams Mill Road where similar issues hampered firefighters. We have never gotten a good answer from anyone as to why that report was not presented before the DC City Council.
Maybe all of the talk of gpms, main size, LDH, supply lines and fire flow calculations was just too complicated for those outside the fire department. I know my small brain is beginning to burst trying to do some of the ciphering. So I offer the video above as an easy alternative to the Routley Report. Who knows, maybe the next report will have a similar video element attached. I know I could use it.
