Fire Hydrants: Color Coding

(a)All fire hydrant barrels shall be painted with yellow paint. Tops and nozzle caps of these hydrants shall be painted as follows:

(1)In the case of hydrants with a flow capacity of one thousand (1,000) or more gallons per minute, the tops and nozzle caps shall be painted pink;

(2)In the case of hydrants with a flow capacity equal to or greater than five hundred

(500)gallons per minute and less than one thousand gallons per minute, the tops and nozzle caps shall be painted orange;

(3)In the case of hydrants with a flow capacity of less than five hundred

(500)gallons per minute, the tops and nozzle caps shall be painted red.

(b)All fire hydrants shall be painted with reflective paint.

(c)Fire hydrants with a rated pressure of less than twenty pounds per square inch shall have the rated pressure stenciled in black on the hydrant top.

(d)All fire hydrants shall be maintained in good working order.