In residential neighborhoods, firefighters will try to use city hydrants to fight fires (usually on roofs or in trees/shrubbery), but once they lose water pressure (from power failure at the local pumping station or too many engines connected to the line), they no longer have the means to effectively prevent a fire’s spread. Remember that the average fire engine only carries between 300-500 gallons of water onboard, which will only last a couple of minutes during structural firefighting.

If living in more sparsely populated areas without hydrants, the fire crews will only have the water they carry or that is provided by homeowners. Remember that your well will stop working once you lose electrical power unless you have a generator.
 

In residential neighborhoods, firefighters will try to use city hydrants to fight fires (usually on roofs or in trees/shrubbery), but once they lose water pressure (from power failure at the local pumping station or too many engines connected to the line), they no longer have the means to effectively prevent a fire’s spread. Remember that the average fire engine only carries between 300-500 gallons of water onboard, which will only last a couple of minutes during structural firefighting.

If living in more sparsely populated areas without hydrants, the fire crews will only have the water they carry or that is provided by homeowners. Remember that your well will stop working once you lose electrical power unless you have a generator.