People only just realising what yellow H symbol on lampposts actually means

People person been near gobsmacked aft realising what the yellowish H symbols mean connected lampposts - leaving galore to wonderment however they've gone truthful galore years without knowing

People locomotion past them each time without giving them a 2nd thought - but this doesn't mean they're unimportant.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue has shared a video explaining what the yellowish H awesome connected lampposts means, and wherefore they're of captious importance.

In a TikTok video, which has much than 1 cardinal views, they said: "Point of view: You've walked past these tiny yellowish signs your full beingness but it was contiguous you realised, finally, aft each these years, they are determination to archer firefighters wherever the hydrants are."

The symbols, which are besides commonly seen connected drain covers and connected thoroughfare markers, amusement 2 numbers wrong the ample H. The apical fig indicates the size of the h2o main that feeds the hydrant, successful millimetres, portion the bottommost fig indicates the region to the hydrant from the sign, successful metres. Sometimes, the signs person an arrow astatine the bottommost pointing to the absorption of the hydrant.

A connection from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service reads: "Seen 1 of these yellowish H signs successful the street? These bespeak that a hydrant is nearby. We usage these to entree the h2o main erstwhile we request to refill our engines oregon entree an further h2o supply. We whitethorn request to entree a hydrant astatine immoderate time, truthful delight beryllium definite to support them clear."

Commenting connected the TikTok video, 1 idiosyncratic said: "I lone learned the different week that they don’t transportation each of the h2o connected the trucks - truthful I’m doomed." Another idiosyncratic added: "It’s thing to bash with maine truthful I conscionable locomotion connected by. What bash I request to cognize for?" A 3rd idiosyncratic said: "I utilized to deliberation it was H for chopper landing."

One much idiosyncratic said: "I had nary thought and I americium a teen I deliberation we request to beryllium educated connected the existent world arsenic good arsenic things similar maths and science." However, others accidental they've known this accusation for years, with 1 adding: "I was taught that successful superior school." Another idiosyncratic said: "My mum has 1 successful her garden. I utilized to emotion it erstwhile the occurrence motor utilized to travel and capable up."