Adopt-a-Hydrant Program and Contest for Winter 2025
The ADOPT-A-HYDRANT program encourages residents and businesses of Corner Brook to help keep fire hydrants clear of snow during the winter months.
Currently, the City of Corner Brook owns, operates and maintains 748 fire hydrants. After a major snowstorm, it can take several days to clear hydrants so again this year the City is encouraging everyone to adopt a hydrant and help keep them clear.
During the winter fire hydrants can get buried under snow and are not immediately accessible during an emergency. In an emergency, firefighters must locate and shovel out uncleared hydrants before hooking up; losing valuable time to control fires and save lives. But you can help!
CONTEST PERIOD
The Contest begins on the week of December 15, 2024, and ends on March 31, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
The program is open to all residents, businesses, families and community organizations in Corner Brook that want to ensure the safety of their neighbourhoods by volunteering to clear hydrants to help firefighters quickly find and use hydrants in an emergency.
WHAT IS REQUIRED?
- Adopt a hydrant by:
- Completing the digital form below. You can also print off a PDF and drop it off at City Hall.
- You can also email: adoptahydrant@cornerbrook.com.
- Call 709-637-1666 with any questions you may have.
- Clear a 3-foot area around your adopted hydrant after each snowfall, or when it is heavily covered in snow and clear a path to the street from the hydrant.
- After clearing snow around your adopted hydrant,
- Please click on the top left corner of the map.
- Choose Report Cleared from the drop-down menu.
- Enter the hydrant number in the search bar found below the map or zoom in on the map and click on the smiley face that corresponds to the hydrant you have adopted.
- You may also call 637-1666 to report it cleared.
- Please Note: When you are reporting your hydrant cleared, you must enter the name that you provided when the Hydrant was Adopted. You cannot proceed if the name isn’t the same as entered in the adoption process. The name entered is case-sensitive. You can refer to the confirmation email sent when you initially signed up for your hydrant.
PRIZES: WHAT CAN YOU WIN BY PARTICIPATING?
The clearing of the hydrants will be monitored and randomly inspected by the Fire Department and City Hydrant Clearing staff. Prizes will be given out on a weekly basis for inspected and cleared hydrants.
By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees to abide by the Contest Rules.
