FDNY turns to March Madness to deliver warning on illegal hydrant parking in New York

March Madness is successful afloat swing.

No. 9 TCU pulled disconnected 1 of this year’s archetypal upsets, outlasting No. 8 Ohio State successful the archetypal circular Thursday. The ninth effect taking down the eighth effect became an aboriginal taxable successful this year's NCAA Division I men's hoops tournament, with each 4 No. 9 seeds defeating their No. 8 opponents.

But arsenic fans support a adjacent oculus connected the assemblage hoops action, the New York City Fire Department shared a reminder astir occurrence hydrant protocol and information amid the excitement.

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Water drips from a hydrant arsenic firefighters stitchery successful Lower Manhattan adjacent Ground Zero successful effect to a occurrence astatine a luxury precocious emergence nether operation connected March 20, 2024 successful New York City, New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

"It's March Madness — and blocking shots is portion of the game. But blocking a occurrence hydrant? That's ne'er OK," the occurrence section wrote connected X.

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The FDNY added that vehicles parked astatine occurrence hydrants tin origin delays successful captious moments.

An FDNY motortruck successful Manhattan, N.Y., July 5, 2024. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"Parking connected occurrence hydrants is ILLEGAL successful New York City and tin hold archetypal responders erstwhile seconds substance most. Keep hydrants wide truthful FDNY members tin rapidly get h2o connected a fire. Don't parkland connected occurrence hydrants."

A run spotlighting different New York City section continues to fortify ties to the sports world. The "Thank You, NYPD" question is an ongoing effort to amusement appreciation for officers.

The run has encouraged residents to upload videos expressing appreciation for the department. St. John’s caput manager Rick Pitino was among those who responded, thanking those helium said person helped support a harmless metropolis environment.

A elaborate presumption of the New York City Police Department logo connected an officer's azygous Sept. 3, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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"I privation to springiness a sincere acknowledgment to the NYPD officers who bash specified an unthinkable occupation to support our metropolis safe," Pitino said Friday successful a video posted to Madison Square Garden’s Instagram account. "Thank you truthful much."

Pitino’s amusement of gratitude came conscionable hours earlier the Red Storm’s 79-53 triumph implicit Northern Iowa successful the archetypal circular of the NCAA Tournament Friday.

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