Adopt a Hydrant
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Adopt-a-hydrant allows citizens to claim responsibility for shoveling out fire hydrants after heavy snowfall. In the midst of winter snowstorms, buried hydrants cause dangerous delays for fire fighters. But having City of Boston employees check and clear thousands of hydrants would be a timely, costly and burdensome process. Adopt-a-Hydrant lets governments look to community members for help. This map-based web app allows individuals, small businesses and community organizations to volunteer in shoveling out specific hydrants.
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| What does it do? | Allows citizens to claim responsibility for shoveling out fire hydrants after heavy snowfall. |
| Outcome | Hydrants are easily accessible in case of a fire. |
| Project page | adoptahydrant.org |
| Organizations | Code for America |
| Contact persons | Erik Michaels-Ober |
| Media | accuweather.com, cnn.com |
Tech
| Source code | github.com |
| Data used | Geolocation of fire hydrants |
| Tech stack | Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL |
Replication
| Replications | Adopt a Hydrant (Northampton, PA), Adopt a Siren (Honolulu), Adopt a Drain (Oakland, CA) |
| License | See here |
| Maintenance costs/month | tbd |
| First steps | 1. Check which spots/things need to be adopted in your community |
| 2. Collect geolocation data | |
| 3. Fork the code |
