Officials Request Inspections On Detroit's Fire Hydrants
DETROIT (AP) - Detroit officials have ordered inspections on the city's 30,000 fire plugs to identify the hydrants that froze during the winter.
Gary Brown, the city's chief operating officer, says contractors will be hired to help resolve the inoperable fire hydrants when the inspections are complete.
The Detroit Free Press reports firefighters regularly found frozen and broken hydrants while battling blazes last month. City records indicate firefighters filed about 1,000 reports of faulty hydrants from early December through the beginning of this month.
Brown says the manual reporting system for hydrants is outdated and leads to communication problems between the fire department and water department.
He estimates the total number of hydrants in need of repair is between 400 and 500.
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