Missing fire hydrant at Kingston - Fire on Buffum - every second counts in an emergency
09/10/08 Edit with good news: The fire hydrant has been replaced.
09/08/08 Edited with update from City of Buffalo 311:
The expected response for your inquiry from the responsible department is 10/6/08.
For more than 2 weeks a fire hydrant has been missing at the corner of Seneca & Kingston in South Buffalo.
This morning’s fire on Buffum Street is a good reminder that when an emergency strikes, every second counts. Today as I walked by the missing hydrant again, I wondered how badly the situation would have been if a fire had occured a few blocks away. It was a scary thought.
We’re reminded that in these kind of emergency situations, it knows no time or location, and the best defense besides quick-thinking quick-reacting citizens and firefighters, is the readiness and being prepared. A missing fire hydrant for more than two weeks is highly neglectful on the part of our City of Buffalo.