The Burlington Fire Department has accepted the #pinkhydrantchallenge to spread awareness for breast cancer. The department tweeted a photo of a pink hydrant in front of one of their fire stations Monday afternoon. According to Deputy Fire Chief Lawrence, Burlington Fire was challenged by the Town of Carrboro Fire Department. "One of our colleagues there who had been challenged by another department in Cumberland County to paint a fire hydrant pink in their jurisdiction to acknowledge breast cancer awareness," Lawrence said. Lawrence said their involvement comes a little late into Breast Cancer Awareness Month because of their work in the midst of hurricanes Florence and Michael. "With the hurricanes and all the planning that had been taking place during that we realized that we were into the month of October without doing a lot towards breast cancer awareness," he explained.