Originally posted by catnapper

There's a guy on my street who has one of those
super-duper new Caddies and he parks like that nightly.

... I often feel like printing out a sign that says, "nice park job, moron"


That's the "Fire Protection" for YOUR house he's blocking!
For a lot of different reasons, Fire Departments don't always use
the Hydrant closest to the fire;
and sometimes need to hook up to several hydrants ...
that BLOCKED Hydrant might be needed some night for a problem
at YOUR house!

Your sign might give you some satisfaction, but prolly wouldn't
bother the parker a bit.
Hopefully you'll get more action - and an UN-blocked Hydrant,
with one or two phone calls.

Start with the local Coppers - call em up some night when you know the
car is parked in front of the Hydrant. Ask if they enfrorce No Parking in
front of Fire Hydrants. HOPEFULLY they say they DO - then give them
the exact address.

If they say they DON'T enforce the issue; then call the FIRE Guys
and ask THEM what they think about cars blocking hydrants!
They otta be real interested! Give them the address and the
times he parks - ask the Fire Dept to make a formal complaint to the Police.
That sometimes gets better results than a citizen complaint to the PD.

Most of us Fiur Guys know what the hydrant spacing is in our territory;
when responding we watch both the Hydrants and the house numbers ...
when we get "close" to the house, we try to "catch" the hydrant
just BEFORE we arrive and "lay into" the fire location.
It REALLY *sucks* when we miss that last Hydrant because we
couldn't SEE it hidden behind an illegally parked car!
Then we have to make do with the water we carry in the Engine's tank,
and rely on the Next-In Engine to catch a a hydrant. Can make a
BIG difference in how quickly a fire can be extinguished!

/s/ Phred