the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Fire Department wants to remind everyone that if you have a hydrant on or near your property to make sure it is properly cleared of snow. This can be critical as any that are not clear will be precious minutes spent trying to clear them to gain access to water! Thank you for doing your part to keep everyone safe and keep them clear.
Excuse us, we pay taxes for paid for Dept. That’s your job to get out there and clean around the hydrant. In other towns that are volunteer they are out cleaning around the hydrants. What next would you like us to come in on a Saturday and a Sunday to wash and wax the firetrucks. Please stop the bullshit because that’s what that is. Are you kidding all of us.
What’s next you ask, if the hydrants on your property it’s going to be your responsibility to paint it. ( ha Ha ha ) I love when When they try to pass the buck. Like years ago with the Down trees at the curb line , nope .
These guys can’t even plow the streets correctly.
Do you expect them to dig out fire hydrants?
Never going to happen, because we are weak spineless snowflakes who take it without complaining and keep on paying.
Who thinks all of the fire hydrants can be cleared of snow just because we have a paid fire department. That type of magic shit never happens, except in the minds of armchair know-it-alls.
If you like you your house at 3 am
In dark
Dig it out folks
Some are submerged covered completely..
That’s bullshit, I know for a fact. That other neighboring municipalities use volunteers in their department to do this job. Yes maybe we have more hydrants in the Village of Ridgewood than other smaller towns. So what you are saying is it’s just gonna take a little bit more time. Or the fire department needs to use their overtime budget expenses to hire a contractor. Or do we need to use Emergency funds to cover the budget. We are sure that you have a good half million in overtime every year With the department. . Don’t push it on the homeowners responsibility. Because it’s not. If there are no fires going on remove snow around fire hydrants what’s the big deal.
So who doesn’t know how to plow explain.
Wake up and get off your lazy butt and shovel. 1 They a firefighters. They need to be ready to do that and not be exhausted from shoveling snow. 2 How many hydrants do you figure they can shovel in a day and what happens if they did not get to the hydrant needed for your house as it goes on fire. You have no clue.
I saw some RFD guys digging out the hydrant at the end of my block yesterday.
some of you could use the exercise
It doesn’t matter if some of us need the exercise. Again it’s not our responsibility. Just like other towns the fire department is out cleaning snow around the hydrants. And second they all should have some kind of markers on them. Because if we do get another snowstorm they will be covered and you cannot find them. Then who’s responsibility is it . Most towns have markers on their fire hydrants. But not in Ridgewood. They get covered over with leavesAnd Snow.
What’s the big deal? If you have the time and energy to clear the snow, take care of it! That is what living in a community and neighborhood is all about. The home and life you save maybe your own. It has nothing to do with the taxes you pay!
I don’t give two shits about saving my house, as long as I can get out, I live by myself and that’s why I have great insurance to cover the whole house. My homeowners insurance is only $200 cheaper because we have I paid full-time fire department. So if it burns let it burn to the ground I’ll build a new one.
If we start doing that what’s next, trimming the town trees along the curb line. Filling pot holes in front of my own house. Sweeping the street. And throwing ice salt in front of my house. Shoveling the street. Please stop and do your job. Community my ass. And nothing to do with taxes are you doing drugs please go talk to your therapist.
great insurance- not if you created a hazard
reading these comments are why people hate their neighbors
sounds like one disgruntled people posting over and over , Charlie ?
So the smallest lots are 50’ wide, and we have wankers complaining about another six feet to clear.
Seems like the complainer is someone who could not pass the fire department exam, right boot left boot problem,
a delay could cost you your life
$5.4 million in salaries in the fire department.
I saw the FD clearing off hydrants 2 days this week while walking my dog.
Its apparent some disgruntled poster couldn’t pass the test. “round block, round hole, square block square hole’.. or were you unable to lift more than your man-purse.
I’ve lived here since 1969 and one of the reasons is for the Paid Fire dept, which lowers my insurance rates and has an almost instant response to fires and medical issues.
If you look in the paper about the story in Elmwood Park where the police chief saved the lady and child who fell through the ice, it stated that ‘about 25 MINUTES LATER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRRIVED ON THE SCENE”.
25 minutes is an ETERNITY when you’re drowning. When its a fire, you get to ‘save the foundation’
Response time is key so don’t pay attention to the complainer who couldnt pass the test.
If you want to bitch about taxes, take a look at the BLOATED school portion of the tax bill (IF you are actually a resident here)