S10379 • 2025

Relates to the location of fire hydrants

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Sponsor: Steve Rhoads
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to the location of fire hydrants

Relates to the location of fire hydrants Requires the office of fire prevention and control to establish a state database of every fire hydrant latitude and longitude coordinates; requires every municipal corporation or private entity to provide such coordinates to the office.

What This Bill Does

Relates to the location of fire hydrants Requires the office of fire prevention and control to establish a state database of every fire hydrant latitude and longitude coordinates; requires every municipal corporation or private entity to provide such coordinates to the office.

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Bill History

2026-05-15 Senate
REFERRED TO FINANCE

Official Summary Text

Relates to the location of fire hydrants
Requires the office of fire prevention and control to establish a state database of every fire hydrant latitude and longitude coordinates; requires every municipal corporation or private entity to provide such coordinates to the office.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10379

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the location  of  fire
          hydrants

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 155-a of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. "OFFICE" SHALL MEAN THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
     4    §  2.  Subdivision 18 of section 156 of the executive law, as added by
     5  chapter 543 of the laws of 1983 and as renumbered by chapter 615 of  the
     6  laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
     7    18. Establish rules and regulations as to the location and design of a
     8  delineator  used  to  mark the location of fire hydrants. SUCH RULES AND
     9  REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
    10    (A) ESTABLISHING A STATE DATABASE OF EVERY FIRE HYDRANT  LATITUDE  AND
    11  LONGITUDE  COORDINATES  WITH  CENTIMETER PRECISION FOR EACH FIRE HYDRANT
    12  THAT CAN BE EXPORTED AS A CSV FILE TO BE USED WITH GPS LOCATION SERVICES
    13  AS A MAP OVERLAY;
    14    (B) REQUIRING EVERY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR PRIVATE ENTITY TO PROVIDE
    15  THE COORDINATES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
    16  FOR  EVERY  FIRE HYDRANT UNDER ITS CONTROL TO THE OFFICE AND PROVIDE ANY
    17  UPDATES TO THE OFFICE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF EVERY  INSTALLA-
    18  TION AND MAINTENANCE CYCLE; AND
    19    (C)  CREATING  A  CSV SPREADSHEET FILE THAT IS COMPATIBLE FOR USE WITH
    20  GOOGLE MAPS TO CREATE AN OVERLAY ONTO GOOGLE MAPS IN  ORDER  TO  PROVIDE
    21  THE EXACT LOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    23  it shall have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13574-01-5