Ottawa Sun
In a city as large as Ottawa, not every street will have a hydrant. Here's how firefighters are still able to put out fires across town.
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The City of Ottawa maintains more than 23,000 fire hydrants — but there aren’t always hydrants where the fires burn. Article content
Most of the city’s rural areas lack fire hydrants, but Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) engages in a completely different response system for emergencies in these areas. Article content Article content
At the end of Ottawa’s driest summer since 2012 , here’s everything you need to know about how OFS responds to fires in areas without hydrants.
According to a map of fire hydrants on the City of Ottawa’s website , rural areas like Dunrobin , Navan, Metcalfe and Cumberland don’t have any fire hydrants,
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