{"id":2216,"date":"2024-06-20T09:49:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:23:39","slug":"stay-cool-safely-during-summer-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/stay-cool-safely-during-summer-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Cool Safely During Summer Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"big\">Opening fire hydrants is a neighborhood tradition that&#8217;s more dangerous than you think \u2014 and definitely illegal. Call (215) 685-6300 24\/7 to report an open or leaking hydrant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s the bad news. The good news:<\/strong> our friends over at Parks and Recreation have lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/parks-rec-finder\/#\/locations\/sprinklers-and-spraygrounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sprinklers and spraygrounds<\/a> waiting for you to stop by and cool off. These are important neighborhood resources when the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/2024-06-19-the-heat-is-on-philadelphia-declares-a-heat-health-emergency\/\"> City issues a Heat Health Emergency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/parks-rec-finder\/#\/locations\/swimming-pools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 60 community pools<\/a> opening this summer, you and your friends don&#8217;t have to open fire hydrants or swim in our unpredictable rivers, where drowning is always a risk.<\/p>\n<p>Read about why swimming in Philly waterways is <a class=\"semibold\" href=\"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/sustainability\/watershed-protection\/recreation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dangerous and can make you sick, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s so bad about\u00a0illegally opened\u00a0hydrants?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"big\" style=\"margin-bottom: -1em;\">We&#8217;re glad you asked&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/static\/new-preview_fire.png\" alt=\"text: \u201cif a hydrant is damaged...\u201d and illustration of a firefighter standing next to a hydrant with a broken valve, shrugging, and looking confused and helpless because he can't do his job!\" \/><\/div>\n<h4>Four reasons opening hydrants is dangerous:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A fire hydrant opened at full pressure can cause <strong>serious bodily harm or even death<\/strong>, should a child or an adult get pushed into oncoming traffic while playing in front of the hydrant.<\/li>\n<li>Illegally opening a hydrant can break it,<strong>\u00a0making it useless<\/strong> when it&rsquo;s needed most\u2014<strong>during a fire on your block<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The water discharged from an open hydrant can <strong>flood local basements<\/strong> and cause <strong>problems with other underground utilities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Improper operation of a hydrant can potentially cause a <strong>water main break <\/strong>on your street.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t sweat it \u2013 there are better ways to keep your cool!<\/h3>\n<p>Use the Parks and Recreation cool Finder feature to <strong>locate a pool or sprayground<\/strong> near you:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"mt0 mb1\"><a class=\"btn btn-lg btn-primary white bold\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/parks-rec-finder\/#\/activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parks and Rec Fun Finder<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Another great option for beating the heat<\/strong> (besides drinking plenty of Philly&rsquo;s top-quality tap)? <a class=\"semibold\" href=\"https:\/\/libwww.freelibrary.org\/locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Head to a local library<\/a> and cool off while checking out the wide range of <strong>free resources the Free Library of Philadelphia provides<\/strong> for residents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout orange-bg center\" style=\"margin: .5em 0;\">\n<p class=\"big semibold white shadow\">If you see a hydrant open on your block, <strong>report it right away<\/strong> by calling our emergency hotline at (<strong>215)\u00a0 685-6300!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>Bonus:<\/h6>\n<p>Check out this amazing 1986 rap video PWD put out to warn people about hydrant dangers more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UdoMG-xNjBg\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 90 spraygrounds and spray features available this summer, you and your friends don&#8217;t have to open fire hydrants or swim in our unpredictable rivers, where drowning is always a risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_css":"","custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[50,69,79,97,99],"class_list":["post-2216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-infrastructure","tag-hydrants","tag-philadelphia-parks-and-recreation","tag-recreation","tag-summer","tag-tips-and-how-to","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/stay-cool-safely-during-summer-heat\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Stay Cool Safely During Summer Heat","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/stay-cool-safely-during-summer-heat\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/stay-cool-safely-during-summer-heat\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Community","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brian Rademaekers"}],"creator":["Brian Rademaekers"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["hydrants","philadelphia parks and recreation","recreation","summer","tips and how-to"],"dateCreated":"2024-06-20T13:49:43Z","datePublished":"2024-06-20T13:49:43Z","dateModified":"2024-06-20T15:23:39Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Stay Cool Safely During Summer Heat\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/stay-cool-safely-during-summer-heat\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/stay-cool-safely-during-summer-heat\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Community\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Brian Rademaekers\"}],\"creator\":[\"Brian Rademaekers\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"@PhillyH2O Blog\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"hydrants\",\"philadelphia parks and recreation\",\"recreation\",\"summer\",\"tips and how-to\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2024-06-20T13:49:43Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-20T13:49:43Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-20T15:23:39Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/phila.gov\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}