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?

5 comments on ' Emergency! '

Nice photo…

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

Written by Niall O'K on February 10, 2008 at 2:44am
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.

Written by Flickr: pota.to on February 10, 2008 at 4:54am
Yeah, they suck. They’re ripping off my blog, but I’m not going to go after them..

Written by Donncha on February 10, 2008 at 7:08am
Oh, I edited the url above. Remove the ___ to see the site Niall linked to.

Written by Donncha on February 10, 2008 at 7:09am
Thanks for that. I really had no idea!

Written by Flickr: Donncha @ InPhotos.org on February 10, 2008 at 11:10am