Letters to the Editor
City Fell Behind in Hydrant Maintenance
Mayor Rotering describes how the city is working to make sure all fire hydrants in the city are inspected.
As you know, we recently began an investigation into fire safety in our City. We started with the City-owned Port Clinton Garage, Highland Park Movie Theater, and other City-owned buildings. Inspections of other areas have ensued as well. As that investigation continued, it came to our attention that our 1,715 fire hydrants had not been sufficiently maintained (flushed for sediment build-up and tested for water pressure). Want Highland Park news in your inbox every morning? Subscribe to Patch's newsletter. Hydrants are the lifeblood of any fire department. If a hydrant doesn't operate properly, precious minutes are lost. This was the case with a recent call in town. While our Fire Department was timely in its response to the call, the main…
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David Greenberg
10:58 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
"Because our staff was cut in other areas as well, they simply could not complete the biennial inspections." I'm not trying to play armchair quarterback, but at first blush it certainly sounds as if the then-Public Works Director didn't allocate resources accordingly. I'm not saying that she did or didn't. Certainly in the realm of "Public Works", there are many high-priority items to attend to. … more ›