Falfurrias firefighters restricted from opening hydrants after maintenance dispute with city

Falfurrias firefighters restricted from opening hydrants after maintenance dispute with city

Firefighters in Falfurrias are now required to have a city employee present before opening any fire hydrant following a dispute over a malfunctioning hydrant.The restriction came after firefighters conducting routine maintenance on April 15 discovered a hydrant malfunction at South St. Mary's and Flack Street."I honestly thought it was a joke. I mean, I didn't think, and then - you know - all types of thoughts keep going through my head. Is it p…

Broken fire hydrants under question after recent 3-alarm fire

Out of 7,500 public fire hydrants in Stockton, only about 20 are broken. In a stroke of extremely bad luck, however, not two, but three of the latter were found to be out of service at the scene of a large three-alarm fire earlier this month. As if that wasn’t bad enough, a fourth hydrant at the scene then broke after fire crews disconnected one of their hoses.At a Stockton council meeting last week, Vice Mayor Jason Lee asked city staff why fir…