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Pembroke Park commissioners hear safety concerns over lack of hydrants in mobile home parks
Summary
Commissioners discussed repeated fire-safety problems tied to the absence of hydrants inside the town’s mobile home parks, directed staff and fire officials to develop a plan, and asked the code and legal teams to pursue property access and owner permissions as needed.
Pembroke Park commissioners on Feb. 20 heard from fire officials and commissioners that many of the town’s mobile home parks lack interior fire hydrants, posing a risk to rapid fire suppression.
Battalion Chief Michael Caine of Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue told commissioners that fire apparatus typically carry about 1,000 feet of supply hose and that “we have to drop a line at the nearest hydrant” when a hydrant is located outside a park, which can leave parts of a development unreachable. He said ideal…
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