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FIRE HYDRANT INVENTORY & MANAGEMENT
for City, Municipality & County

It’s all about Safety — Why you need an active asset management plan for fire hydrants

Firemen should never go with out water and your citizens must be protected. Alden’s “Collect, Communicate and Manage” process and software ensure you put the community’s safety first.

With a comprehensive inventory and management system focused on fire hydrants, owners can safely and efficiently coordinate:

• Preventative maintenance
• Scheduled flow testing
• Emergency response activity

Our fire hydrant inventory & management system provides:

• A customized workflow to schedule all fire hydrant maintenance,
inspections and repairs

• Prioritization of all hydrant repair and replacement activities

• Tracking public and private hydrants in one database

• A representation of your entire network in a geo-database

		DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AN ASSET PLAN FOR FIRE HYDRANT INVENTORY & MANAGEMENT? Alden enables you to efficiently collect, communicate and manage fire hydrant inventory data. We provide software and inventory services that enable the hydrant owner to collect necessary fire hydrant attribute data and manage the maintenance process. Collect™ enables you to properly manage and maintain your fire hydrants, ensuring the highest standards of public safety.

Act Quickly with Proper Fire Hydrant Management An active hydrant management program provides the timely answers firefighters need to better respond in an emergency. • How recently were hydrants inspected for cracks or leaks in the barrel or bonnet? • When was the last time hydrants were properly lubricated to ensure caps, stems and plugs were working properly? • When did your personnel last perform a flow test at the hydrant location? • Have all sites recently been painted in accordance with NFPA and local regulations?

Proactive Fire Emergency Preparation
When local firefighters arrive at a fire, the following hydrant
information is vital to their efforts to protect life and property.

• GPS location
• Type (Dry Hydrant or Wet Hydrant)
• NFPA/AWNA Color Coding
• Flange Facing Direction (in relation to the street)
• Flange Type / Diameter Size
• Height of Fitting

In addition to those critical emergency attributes,
an inventory plus an active management system includes:

• Biannual inspection data including flow, static and residual testing data
• Maintenance records for the hydrant including all repair data
• Location ID tag information
• Digital images of hydrants
• New fire hydrant installations


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