With over 400 fire hydrants in the City of Thompson, it’s a huge task to keep them clear of snow over the winter.

Fire Chief Dennis Benson is encouraging local residents, groups, and businesses to Adopt-a-Hydrant from December 1st to May 1st, to help with that.

Here Benson shares the benefits of this program.

“When you have a program such as this in place, the hydrants gets regular attention and people are keeping an eye on them so we can detect damages earlier and if there are leaking hydrants, we can have crews out to repair them, those kinds of things.”

Those adopting a hydrant are asked to keep a 3-foot clearance around it and a path from the street to the hydrant.

Learn more about the Adopt-a-Hydrant program and how you can participate by tuning in to Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.