Above: Southborough Fire Department dealing with a brush fire off of Ward Road (photo from Facebook)
The Southborough Fire Department has been busy. But not too busy to share what they’ve been up to.
Here are some recent Facebook posts:
It looks like firefighters were making use of a technique their colleagues were training on just days earlier:
What’s a dry hydrant? In a comment, the SFD explained:
A dry hydrant is basically a pipe that leads up from a pond or pool that helps us gain a better access point to the water. We were on Angelica Ln, there are no hydrants in that area so we draft from the drainage pond there. The developer had placed that dry hydrant there. We also use it on occasion to keep it from getting over grown with vegetation.
SFD also supports neighboring towns. Ashland Fire Dept tweeted thanks for multiple call responses to accidents on Friday. And a week prior AFD posted this:
And finally, the department posted a goodby to an old truck:
