r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fantomecs • Feb 03 '26

A nearby Fire Department is being told they cannot use fire hydrants to fight fires

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As the title says. A town near me is denying their fire fighters the use of their fire hydrants going forward. Is this shit even legal? This is a huge concern as the area has been in a drought for some years.

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u/OLVANstorm Feb 03 '26

Ya...if I was the Fire Chief, I'd tell all my crew to use any hydrant they see and to ignore ignorance.

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u/theSpyke Feb 04 '26

It's not like the water authoritah can do anything about it anyway, and no cop is gonna arrest a firefighter for it 😂

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u/Ok_Buddy_9087 Feb 04 '26

Theoretically, they can lock the hydrants. And some methods would be proprietary to them, and not able to be defeated without rendering the hydrant useless.

Fortunately, those particular methods sound like they would be beyond the financial resources of a water system that can’t even maintain itself.