Even with a hydrant, the water would have to be ON to have it work --- and it's been turned off at night. Even when it is on, the water pressure is poor.

Further, we have a whole island that could be subject to fire, and much of it it not connected to municipal water service. We need working hydrants AND we absolutely need good tanker trucks.

I'm told that Rotary International has had the offer of donated newer-bigger-much-better fire trucks but that they could not conquer government red tape to bring them in. It would be interesting to revisit this potentiality.

This tragedy was a multiple-systems failure.