The snow is beginning to pile up now with varying depths depending on the area of Jackson Hole you measure. Fire Marshal Kathy Clay points out that it is at a point where the snow can block or completely obscure neighborhood fire hydrants. Such a situation she says can delay precious response time in the event of a fire. Clay says if residents can spend some time and keep them shoveled out, it will make a difference if there is a fire in the neighborhood or at their house. Says Clay, “The timed that we need to adequately make a path to and shovel out a hydrant is valuable time in fighting the fire that’s going on inside of the structure.” While Public Works tries to keep those in town cleared, she says they just don’t have the manpower to take care of them all. Clay says the fire department does have computer mapping of where most fire hydrants in the valley are, but that still doesn’t solve the problem of accessing them. Clay explains, “It helps us find them, of course, but we still have to dig them out – finding it is the first challenge; next is shoveling that hydrant out.” Additionally, Clay says some of the roads are difficult to get a fire truck through due to an icy road or restricted area that is cleared which makes it all the more necessary to be able to access the water source once the equipment reaches the scene.
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