FOLLOWING THE FIRE AT THE Georgetown Public Library last month, it was disclosed that the two hydrants closest to the building were out of order.  The FD then reported that they have been spot-checking the hydrants around the city for two years and found that 10% of them are out of service.

The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority disputed the claim, but said that they would speed up repairs.  Now the Chief says that the 10% represents the number that are completely 10/7 and another 15% are in urgent need of repair.

Firegeezer says:  This is so typical of what is going on in the large cities these days.  The politicians use the city agencies as patronage dumping grounds and hold nobody accountable for their failures.  The only things that ever get fixed are the things that are clearly visible to the voters.  Once again, it’s a case of putting their political careers ahead of what is good for the citizens.

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