Brooklyn Park Leaders Need Your Help To Save Lives by Adopting a Hydrant
Brooklyn Park city leaders are the latest to remind residents about a program that allows more fire hydrants to be cleared of snow this winter so that emergency responders can more easily locate and use them, and public works drivers are less likely to hit them with snow plows.
Firefighters need help keeping fire hydrants clear of piled-up snow this winter.
The city’s Adopt a Hydrant program is online and allows residents to register to adopt hydrants that they commit to clearing when show starts to pile up.
“In a heavy snow year, the snow builds up around the hydrant, and it’s harder to see the hydrant, and we’re risking damage,” said Brooklyn Park Utilities Superintendent Rick Luckow.
“A damaged hydrant can not be used to fight a fire, and it further delays the fire response. So, it helps with the fire response, and it helps with the plow efforts, and it saves us all money by not having to repair hydrants that are buried under the snow.”
The city asks those who commit to keeping hydrants clear to shovel three feet in every direction around each hydrant.
“We would truly appreciate that,” said Luckow. “It would help both for your own safety and for the operational safety of our crews.”
You can find a link to the city’s Adopt a Hydrant site here.
