The Wilmington Fire Protection District project of GPS locating the fire hydrants in the Wilmington Fire Protection District has recently been completed.
The hydrant GIS layer has been implemented on our apparatus computers for use with our electronic mapping. A total of 618 hydrants were located over a period of just over 2 months. When the data set was delivered to Will County 911 for them to input, they commented on how accurate the data was as compared to other hydrant GPS projects they’ve seen. As quickly as the night of the implementation, this data payed off as we responded to a kitchen fire in an apartment building on Meadowood Ln. While enroute to the scene, companies were able to locate available hydrants closest to the incident location and quickly implement the appropriate fire attack strategy. This of course will also assist in obtaining ISO credit for having a GPS hydrant map. The GPS locating software used was an ESRI platform.
The data is available to us through Will Co. 911 for future use and needs.
Below is a screenshot of our electronic mapping with the hydrants visible:
