Fire hydrant inspections begin in Winter Springs

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. — The Highlands Neighborhood in Winter Springs was the first stop Monday of the city-wide fire hydrant inspections.

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“They’ll be working one by one through the hydrants,” Scott Richards, the Vice President of Carollo Engineers, said. “You’ll see them come through your neighborhood. Each one will be touched individually; you’ll see them flush and flowing them.”

The commission approved $153,000 to bring in an outside contractor to conduct checks on all the 1,200 hydrants in the city.

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It’s a process that will take about 30 minutes per hydrant, for a total of about 600-hours of total work.

“Lubrication, paint, opening the hydrant checking the valve that feeds the hydrant,” Richards said. “Then as they’re doing that, they’re also recording GPS location of the hydrant for documentation purposes.”

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Crews will work in phases over the next 3-5 months to get all hydrants inspected.

They’re asking for patience from residents during this time.

“We may run in to challenges at certain sights,” Richards said. “We ask folks if you have a car parked on the side of the street or the right of way, when we are in the area please don’t park your car there.”

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If a hydrant is not working, it will be reported immediately to get repairs started as soon as possible.

“Certainly, from a fire safety standpoint you want to make sure your hydrants work,” Richards said. “That everything is working and in good shape.”

A link to when and where crews will be working can found HERE.

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