r/Firefighting • u/Wumaduce • 17h ago

Photos Cambridge, MA - What are these signs?

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What do the circled signs mean? I know FDC is the fire department connection. The sign under that is max pump in pressure.

Someone said it means you guys aren't supposed to enter the building to fight a fire. If that's the case, doesn't it completely defeat the purpose of the FDC and standpipe being live?

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u/Firedogman22 17h ago

Red X in Massachusetts means building is condemned, usually occupation inside is prohibited if its redxed unless their doing construction

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u/Wumaduce 17h ago

It's a historic building that's under construction. They has entire floors cut out earlier in the project. At this stage in the game, sprinklers are live in multiple parts of the building. If sprinks are live, that means you guys are responding and have to enter the building as far as I know?

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u/SmokeEater1375 Northeast - FF/P , career and call/vol 12h ago

Nobody has really answered your question but just because we’re not entering the building doesn’t mean we just let the place burn down. Frankly, since we’re not entering the building, it’s good that the sprinklers are live. They can supplement the system from that connection (if it’s a sprinkler connection) and hope that puts the fire out.

Some FDCs are for standpipes. Some FDCs are for sprinklers. Sometimes they do both.