Firefighter gets blown away by fire hydrant - GIF

**Altair** · Mar 16, 2020, 08:27 PM

Firefighter gets blown away by fire hydrant.

Previously:

Fire hydrant cutaway - photo
Fire truck rolls over during demonstration - GIF
Fire retardant drop crushes truck - GIF

**IAMSatisfied** · Mar 17, 2020, 05:14 PM

I bet he won't do THAT again!

I'm not sure how hydrant caps are made, but it looks like he's turning the wrench clockwise, which I would think would tighten the cap. Anyone know if those are left-hand threads or bayonet fitting? The old hydrant cap in my front yard has standard threads.

**IntheGroove** · Mar 17, 2020, 05:33 PM

If he was a professional he would have been wearing some sort of head gear...

**mwmkravchenko** · Mar 17, 2020, 05:53 PM

He should have checked if the water valve was on. It obviously was as the cap was leaking water. I have done hydrant flow testing what happened there could have killed him. It's a very foolhardy thing to do.

**jimfols** · Mar 17, 2020, 06:17 PM

I'm not a slapstick fan, but that is funny.

**greyhoundollie** · Mar 17, 2020, 08:19 PM

Geeeeeze that small thing sticking out the top of that fire hydrant is the open/close valve for the water. Why would a FIREMAN not know that? Maybe he just stole a pair of boots and is PRETENDING to be a FIREMAN!