Hydrant Shoveling in Progress

Since the snow storm of Sunday and Monday, January 25th and 26th, fire companies have been on the street shoveling out the hydrants in their respective districts.

Thank you to our neighbors who assisted. This is a big job whichtakes time since there are nearly 2000 hydrants across the city. Some hydrants must be shoveled out more than once, since they get plowed in again during snow cleanup.

Photos show Engine 3 from East Cambridge, Engine5 from Inman Square, and Ladder 1 from Hovey Avenue at work on Tuesday, January, 27th. (Group 2 was on duty).

Engine 5 members with neighbor after clearing a hydrant on Harvard Street

Engine Company 5 firefighters clearing snow from a hydrant in thierInmanSquare district

Engine Company 3, with a helpful neighbor, shoveling out a hydrant in East Cambridge

Engine 3 clears a hydrant in East Cambridge

Ladder 1 uncovering and shoveling snow from a hydrant on Memorial Drive

Ladder 1 clearing a hydrant on Garden Street in their Harvard Square district