By Theresa Knapp 

At a meeting of the Holliston Select Board on Feb. 10, Holliston Fire Chief Michael Cassidy asked residents to “adopt a fire hydrant” in light of recent and impending snowfalls. 

“We ask that residents who are physically able would adopt the fire hydrant closest to their home to make sure that there is a path that is shoveled to the street and past the curb and completely around the hydrant so that, in the unlikely event that the fire department needs to access the hydrant to obtain a water supply for a structure fire, there are not unnecessary delays on our behalf,” said Cassidy. He asked residents to help their neighbors as well. 

Cassidy added, “Sometimes we have a very mild winter but when we have storm after storm after storm, and people haven’t gotten to it yet, we want to make sure that they get ahead of it before we need it.”