Crime & Safety
Fire Department: Please Clear Snow from Nearby Fire Hydrants
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, there's no excuse to not clear your nearest fire hydrant.
Wayland Fire Capt. Bob Dorey is asking folks to do a minor chore when they're out enjoying the snow in Wayland:
Clear the nearest fire hydrant.
"I'm trying to encourage people on a slow day, especially on the main roads, to clean off their nearest hydrants," said Dorey. He said he'd seen a number of reflective lights around town marking the hydrants, but the hydrants themselves remained buried in snow drifts.
"Enjoy this beautiful day and get a little exercise and shovel out your fire hydrants," Dorey said, explaining that the extra time the fire department would have to take to clear the hydrant could mean critical minutes lost in an emergency.
"The worst things is you burn a couple of calories," Dorey said. "And we hope we don't have to use it."
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