Various scenes from training eventsFire Engines in Memorial Day parade 2010Some fires responded to by Easton FirefightersLocal children line up in front of the Easton fire station for the 2010 Memorial Day parade.Some views from Memorial Day in Easton

Hydrants need shoveling too!

Hydrant clearing crew

 

Here a crew works to shovel out a deeply snowed in hydrant.

 

 

 

Hydrant clearing

There's no shortage of buried hydrants to go around!

 

Hydrant clearing crew

Look at the height of the snow piled around the cleared hydrant! Now imagine that for every hydrant in town. Clearing hydrants after snow storms is a lot of work, but an important and worthwhile precaution.