This cache has been placed as a memorial to my father, a great man.
Retired C.S.F.D. Capt. Carl E. Loos
Borne June 4, 1933 – Died July 16, 2014
In 1957 he started his career as a firefighter when he joined the volunteer fire department in Wheat Ridge. In 1961 he moved his family to Colorado Springs where he joined the C.S.F.D. and served for 26 years. Carl spent most of his career with C.S.F.D. stationed at Fire Station #10 located at N. Academy Blvd. and Meadowland Blvd. In the mid 1980’s he was transferred to Station #14 in Briargate Blvd. where he was stationed for two years before he was transferred to the C.S.F.D. shop and took over the maintenance on all the cities fire apparatus before he retired in 1987.
This cache is located in a place near to his heart.
Now a little lesson on the “Fire Hydrant”
In colonial America cisterns were used to store water for early fire fighting purposes, and these continued to be used even after the introduction of the hydrant in many cities. Moreover, as late as 1861, Louisville, Kentucky employed 124 cisterns but no fire hydrants. Cisterns are still used today for firefighting.
A little history of why fire hydrants (or plugs) are different colors: Per NFPA 291:
BLUE - 1500 GPM or more Very good flows,
GREEN - 1000-1499 GPM Good for residential areas,
ORANGE - 500-999 GPM Marginally adequate,
RED - Below 500 GPM Inadequate.
A fire hydrant (also known colloquially as a fire plug in the United States or as a Johnny pump in New York City), is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply to assist in extinguishing a fire.
Retired C.S.F.D. Capt. Loos
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