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Tuesday, November 7, 2000



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Detroit Fire Department -- out of service

Locating Detroit’s worst fire hydrants

Thousands of the city’s fire hydrants don’t work and firefighters waste time finding ones that do. Some have been out for years. Here are the hydrants reported broken the most times as of April, according to fire department records.

Location

Number of times
reported out of service

Reason

State Fair 1000 feet east on Conner 7 Broken frost jacket
Manson and Toledo 7 Stripped stem
Lappin and Outer Dr. 7 Cannot turn on
25th and Porter 6 Leaking
Belle Isle Radio Yard 6 Broken stem
6868 Bulwer 6 Broken blowout leaker
15402 Steel 6 Hydrant missing
Cicotte and Edward 6 Broken base and blowout
15402 Steel 6 Hydrant missing
Lincoln south of Viaduct 6 Half dismantled
15794 Appoline 6 Stripped stem
Cavalry and Jefferson 6 Rounded stem bad threads
Swain 200 feet south of Fort 6 Leaking
4430 Coplin 6 Bad threads
15076 Mendota 6 Rounded stem
Euclid 100 feet east of Woodward 6 Cracked bonnet
Michigan and Campbell 6 No water pressure
John R 6 Rounded stem
I-94 eastbound service drive 6 Cannot turn on
68 Mt. Vernon 6 Rounded stem
Mt. Vernon and John R 6 Loose bonnet
15402 Steel 5 Hydrant missing
Tarnow and Panama 5 Cannot turn on
11054 St. Partick 5 Rounded stem
7849 Cameron 5 No outlet of 4-inch threads
15000 Lesure 5 Stripped stem nut
Stopel south of Westfield 5 Rounded stem
13703 Bloom 5 Stripped stem
Lindsdale and Ironwood 5 Rounded stem
14286 Freeland 5 Out threads gone
8234 Tumey 5 Rounded stem
Fort east of Clark 5 Will not open
13703 Bloom 5 Stripped stem
Clark 50 feet north of railroad 5 Will not turn on
Prest and James Couzen 5 Out of service by water board
19567 Joanne 5 Frozen
Farr and Foster 5 Leaking
3300 Hubbard 5 Rounded stem leaker
Montgomery and Linwood 5 Bad threads
5980 Drexel 5 No stem
Cecil and Panama 5 Frozen leaking
12th and Elmhurst 5 Knocked down
I-94 service drive 5 Bad threads
16510 Vaughan 5 Frozen and bad blowout
4626 Harding 5 Leaking
Vernor and Military 5 Rounded stem
Warren and Radnor 5 Broken
West side of McKinley 5 Rounded stem
4800 Marlborough 4 Rounded stem
Prest and Clarita 4 Out of service by water board
6545 Willette 4 Damaged threads
5100 Maplewood 4 Bad blowout frozen
Mack and Chalmers 4 Leaking
Boston and Lawton 4 Broken stem
Charlotte and Cass 4 Leaking
Schoolcraft and Auburn 4 Will not pump
33rd and Herbert 4 Bad stem
Sibley 200 feet west of Woodward 4 Broken frost jacket and stem
Cabot and Woodmere 4 Bent collar
Fitzpatrick and West Chicago 4 Broken threads
18th and Selden 4 Leaking
Eliza Howell Park 4 Leaking hydrant number two
Humboldt 4 Threads blowout
Farmer 4 Broken stem
8270 Ellsworth 4 Stripped stem
Patton recreation center lot 4 Broken up
Woodbridge and St. Antoine 4 Broken stem
4962 28th 4 Bad stem and cannot shut off
6750 Dix 4 Won't turn on
Milwaukee 4 Missing outlet
Woodbridge and Beaubien 4 Leaking
Charlefonte and Greenlawn 4 Leaking
Davison and Rosa Park 4 Cracked threads
St. Louis 4 Rounded stem
Antoinette and Hecela 4 Leaking
Vermont and Bagley 4 Leaking
17207 Keystone 4 Rounded stem
Grand and LaSalle 4 Leaking
Vermont and Maramette 4 Leaking
9071 Stopel 4 Collision bad outlet
East Warren 4 Bad blowout
Appoline 4 Won't turn on
Stopel and Westfield 4 Leaking
13282 Ardmore 4 Rounded stem
163 Madison 4 Leaking broken frost jacket
Humboldt 4 Will not pump out
Clark 500 feet south of Fort 3 Will not turn on
Reeder and Cavalry 3 Bad threads
Clark 500 feet north of railroad 3 Will not turn on
Beech and Third 3 Bad threads
5101 30th 3 Bad stem cannot get water
5209 16th 3 Hydrant missing
2140 Green 3 Cannot turn on stem
789 Emerson 3 Will not pump
Oakman and Cloverdale 3 Hit by auto
Joy and Roselawn 3 Bad threads
14630 Meyers 3 Missing hydrant
4th south of Forest 3 Gate frozen
9110 Prairie 3 Bad stem
5786 Iroquois 3 Bad stem
Mt. Vernon 3 Frozen
Melbourne 3 Frozen
13932 Ardmore 3 Broken threads
5062 Lorraine 3 Bad threads
Cavalry 3 Bad threads
7778 Whitaker 3 Cannot turn on stem
Henry 200 feet west of Woodward 3 Bad stem and frost jacket
Central High School parking lot 3 Broken outlet
Lorraine 3 Bad threads
13564 Charest 3 Bad stem
Field and Mack 3 Damaged thread outlets
2970 Ashland 3 Leaking
John R and Marston 3 Frozen
Eastbound Jefferies Service Dr. 3 Hit by auto
Lyndon at Wyoming 3 Hydrant missing
Freud and Harding 3 Hit by auto
Woodward and Seward 3 Frozen
4915 32nd 3 Hit by auto
Iroquois and Warren 3 Bad stem


Source: Detroit Fire Department

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