Colors on fire hydrant bodies, or barrels, are less clear-cut than the cap colors — but they also generally convey less information. There are some recommendations in place, however.

“Painted green, or the caps are green or top is green, that would let the fire department know that the fire hydrant can have ...

If you live in the city of Cincinnati, you might have noticed your fire hydrant got a new pop of color lately. The colors mean something.

What might stick out is the distinct color on the fire hydrant's front steamer port: either light blue, green, orange or red. As you could've guessed, the colors mean something.

The Mt. Washington Fire Protection District said the colors let responding fire departments know how many gallons per minute that hydrant will flow. The color-coding also plays a role in a grading ...

Cincinnati’s new fire hydrant painting project is working to help firefighters keep neighbors safe by marking city hydrants.

Yellow fire hydrant by four-lane street gushing water on a winter day Illinois. What a fire hydrant’s color can tell you by: Joe Millitzer. Posted: Sep 12, 2022 / 02:48 PM CDT.

A red fire hydrant sits in downtown Jerseyville on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Residents will start to see some different colors on the city’s fire hydrants, part of a multi-year program by Illinois ...

In many municipalities, not all, the color code indicates the flow rate of water in gallons per minute from a hydrant. “Painted green, or the caps are green or top is green, that would let the fire ...