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Help us to help you – Adopt a Fire Hydrant

Please assist the local Fire Departments by adopting the fire hydrant closest to your home or business and keep it free of snow during the winter months.

Please keep it clear after each snowfall, and clear a path approximately 3 feet around the hydrant and shovel a path from the street to the hydrant. This will allow the Fire Department personnel to quickly locate the hydrants and obtain water for firefighting activities.

Please consider helping a neighbor with medical conditions or who are elderly, by adopting their hydrant as well. This simple act of kindness will benefit the entire neighborhood.
This "Adopt a Hydrant" program is an information program, used around the country to assist in the efforts of the local Fire Departments. It is not necessary to inform anyone of which hydrants are cleared.

By adopting a hydrant, you’ll be assisting the Fire Department, your neighbors and yourself. At a fire, the fire department must quickly locate and gain a water supply from the closet fire hydrant. Hightstown Engine Co # 1 also has neighboring fire departments come in to help fight fires that are unfamiliar with hydrant locations. Your help will also help them in being able to locate a fire hydrant as quickly as possible.

On behalf of Hightstown Engine Co. # 1thank you for keeping the fire hydrants clear of snow.