Daily Object Photo: Fire Stand Pipe

Standpipe

In North America, a standpipe is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water to the fire. Within buildings standpipes thus serve the same purpose as fire hydrants.

In some countries that follow British methods, such as New Zealand, hydrants in streets are below ground and fire trucks carry standpipes, and key and bars on the trucks. The bar is used to lift a cover in the road, exposing the hydrant. The standpipe is then "sunk" into the hydrant and hose is then connected to the exposed ends of the standpipe. The bar is then combined with the key and is used to turn the hydrant on and off.

(Source: Wikipedia.org)

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