Uniformat G3010

Fire hydrant

A fire hydrant has a useful life of about 50 years, the median of 19 published sources, which state 20–75 years.

Also listed as hydrant

• Confidence C
• Version 0.7.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

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Basis

• 75 years · Amherstburg: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, Appendix A: TCA Categories, Life Years, and Thresholds, p8 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 40 years · Chapple: Schedule A - By-law 1873: Asset Useful Life - General Guidelines, p1 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 60 years · Greater Sudbury: Enterprise Asset Management Plan (2023), p26 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Grey Highlands: By-law No. 2026-052, Tangible Capital Asset Policy A09-F-03, p10 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Kenora: AF-6-1 Tangible Capital Asset Policy (By-law 34-2026), p17 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · London: 2023 Corporate Asset Management Plan, p70 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50–60 years · Meaford: By-law 2020-83, Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Appendix A Estimated Useful Lives, p19 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Orillia: 4.1.8.1 Tangible Capital Assets Policy Manual, p22 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 60 years · Quinte West: A09-POLICY-0034 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, p37 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 40 years · Sarnia: Finance-04 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Attachment No. 1: TCA Policy Appendix A, p2 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 60 years · Severn: By-law 2019-04, Corporate Policy Manual: Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Useful Life Guide, p402 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · The Blue Mountains: POL.COR.19.04 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p12 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Brantford: 2025 Asset Management Plan: Environmental Services, City of Brantford, Ontario, p10 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Chatham-Kent: Detailed Asset Management Plan: Water Services, p13 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Kirkland Lake: Asset Management Plan 2025 Town of Kirkland Lake, p73 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Orillia: City of Orillia Asset Management Plan 2025, p95 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 40 years · Oxford: Oxford County Asset Management Plan 2025, p221 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 60 years · Peterborough: 2025 Asset Management Plan Water Services, The Corporation of The City of Peterborough, p19 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Haldimand County: 2025 Asset Management Plan, p99 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

15 tasks in 4 work orders. Intervals that fall due together are one visit: the every 5 years visit also covers the monthly, annual and every 2 years tasks.

1. 1Monthly
2. 2Monthly
3. 3Monthly
4. 4Monthly
5. 5Monthly
6. 6Monthly
7. 7Monthly
8. 8Monthly
9. 9Monthly
10. 10Monthly
11. 11Monthly
12. 12Annual

Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.

Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).

Open questions

• These are Ontario accounting lives from municipal capital asset policies, not planning or observed replacement data.

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Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Fire hydrant, v0.7.0. https://unfinished.one/c/fire-hydrant/v/0.7.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_fire_hydrant_0_7_0,
  title = {Fire hydrant},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.7.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/fire-hydrant/v/0.7.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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