Spring Hill Painting More than 1,500 Fire Hydrants

Starting Monday, about 154 fire hydrants will be painted red throughout much of Spring Hill.

The paint will protect them from rust and corrosion to ensure they are in proper working order when needed to extinguish a fire.

Currently, Spring Hill hydrants are painted white. They must be painted red to bring them into U.S. FDA compliance. Proper servicing and maintenance of fire hydrants also plays a large part in a city’s Insurance Service Office (ISO) rating, which impacts residents’ insurance premiums.

“Painting of the initial 154 hydrants will be done primarily along major thoroughfares north of Duplex Road, and the work is expected to be complete by Friday, Feb. 24,” Spring Hill Fire Chief Terry Hood said.

This will be the first phase of the rotational re-painting of all 1,556 City of Spring Hill fire hydrants, in which hydrants will be repainted in large sections of the city each year over the next four years.

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