fire prevention
Fire Hydrant Information
Fire Hydrants
For Emergency Or Other Issues Related To Fire Hydrants* Such As Unauthorized Use, Damaged, Leaking Or Spraying Hydrants Please Contact The Following:
Sun Valley General Improvement District (SVGID) service area:
Emergencies & Non-Emergencies
(775) 673-2220Great Basin Water Company’s service area:
Emergencies & Non-Emergencies
(844) 694-4404
IF YOU WITNESS ANYONE OBSTRUCTING ACCESS TO, PAINTING OR DEFACING A FIRE HYDRANT:
Please contact the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office:
775-785-WCSO (9276)
Fire Hydrant Access & Parking Near Hydrants
You can do your part to help ensure firefighters can access fire hydrants. Please ensure unobstructed access to fire hydrants, do not park within 15 feet of hydrants, and keep hydrants clear of snow and debris and accessible within a three-foot radius. It is illegal to park in or obstruct an officially designated fire lane or fire hydrant.
NRS 484B.450; Washoe County Code § 50.308; Washoe County Fire Code (2018 International Fire Code with amendments § 507.5)
Hydrant Painting
Please do not paint, decorate, graffiti or deface fire hydrants. They are painted with colors for specific reasons such as jurisdictional ownership and gallons per minute of water the hydrant discharges.
NRS 206.310; NRS 206.330; Washoe County Code § 50.308; TMWA Rule 2-8.
Unauthorized Use of Hydrants
Only authorized governmental entities are allowed to use water fire hydrants within unincorporated Washoe County.
Please check the applicable water system (TMWA, SVGID or Great Basin Water Company) Rules and/or Regulations.
Questions OR Concerns about fire hydrants and Fire Code requirements: hydrants@tmfpd.us.
*Washoe County adopted the 2018 International Fire Code and 2018 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code with amendments.
Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) enforces the Fire Code.
TMFPD does not own or maintain any hydrants within TMFPD jurisdictional boundaries.
