EBMUD told the I-Team it's responsible for maintaining more than 31,000 public fire hydrants across Alameda and Contra Costa counties. However, only 2.5% are regularly inspected -- that's 800 hydrants a year.
Thousands of fire hydrants across the East Bay aren't regularly inspected every year -- including in neighborhoods with the highest fire risk.Thousands of fire hydrants across the East Bay aren't regularly inspected every year -- including in neighborhoods with the highest fire risk.
It's one of many reasons Vigilante moved out of California after 22 years. In September 2020, he asked East Bay Mud if hydrants are routinely inspected. The agency told him, "We do not have a proactive program in place right now to inspect and repair hydrants. We are launching a preventative maintenance program in October.
The I-Team filed public records requests to see the total number of hydrant inspections conducted in the areas with the highest fire risk in the Oakland Hills -- an area identified by CAL FIRE as a "High Fire Hazard Severity Zone." This included 46 roads that burned in the. After waiting nearly three months for the documents, we found there were only 17 inspections in these areas since the program launched last year.
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