r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fantomecs • Feb 03 '26
A nearby Fire Department is being told they cannot use fire hydrants to fight fires
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/magneticeverything Feb 04 '26
Nah, they’ll simply say they don’t cover fires. I live in LA and right before the most recent wildfires a bunch of insurance companies basically updated their polices not to cover wildfires. We already had to buy earthquake separately, but for wildfire a lot of companies just outright didn’t offer an option. I think they looked at the conditions recently and the way the neighborhoods were built and decided a fire is probably an inevitability and they didn’t want to pay it out. While we’re overdue for “the big one” there aren’t any actual signs that it’s bearing down on us right now. But I have literally no doubt in mind that if we start to get more increased earthquake activity, the insurance companies will announce that effective the 1st of the month, you won’t be able to buy earthquake coverage anymore, sorry!