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Emergency!

Emergency!

In an emergency such as a fire you want to be able to escape from a building quickly and be assured that there’s plenty of water to fight the flames. I presume these capped pipes have something to do with that purpose?

Tags: Black and White, California, Canon 20D, fire escape, irishblogs, Look up, pipes, San Francisco, San Francisco Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, United States, Urban

Further Reading:

• Looking out for the kids
• Firemen in action

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5 Responses to “Emergency!”

1. Niall O'K Says:
   February 10th, 2008 at 2:44 am

   Nice photo…

   And (off topic, I know…) - … so I hear you’re a Nigerian now, Donncha?

2. Flickr: pota.to Says:
   February 10th, 2008 at 4:54 am

   I believe those are standpipes. Rather than dragging a hose up flight after flight, tall buildings have empty pipes that the fire trucks can connect to.

3. Donncha Says:
   February 10th, 2008 at 7:08 am

   Yeah, they suck. They’re ripping off my blog, but I’m not going to go after them..

4. Donncha Says:
   February 10th, 2008 at 7:09 am

   Oh, I edited the url above. Remove the ___ to see the site Niall linked to.

5. Flickr: Donncha @ InPhotos.org Says:
   February 10th, 2008 at 11:10 am

   Thanks for that. I really had no idea!

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