One of Seven Hills Fire Chief Jamie Meklemburg’s admitted pet peeves is the condition of the city’s fire hydrants.
“Ever since I started in Seven Hills earlier this year, the state of our fire hydrants is really kind of eating at me a little bit,” Meklemburg said. “We had a lot of different projects -- street and sewer -- over the years. So when Cleveland Water comes in and places the new hydrants a lot of times they haven’t been painted. “The ones that have been painted throughout the city aren’t in the best shape, so I’m kind of hoping to get some buy-in from our community. The idea is to help us beautify their neighborhoods because -- believe it or not -- the freshly-painted hydrants make the street look a lot better.”
Seven Hills Fire Department recently announced its Adopt-A-Hydrant program, which Meklemburg said was actually an idea proposed by a local family seeking a project to spruce up their street.