One, which is painted yellow and bordered by pink flowers resembles the size and location of a nearby working hydrant. City hydrants are generally painted red.
The differences might be hard to notice during an emergency, Fire Chief Kent Smock said.
``At 3 in the morning when it's dark, you pull up to a fire and all you see is the shadow of a hydrant,'' Smock said. ``You're not going to be able to tell the difference.''
The yellow fire hydrant is in Dan McCready's front yard.
``I figure I'll leave it there until an inspector comes or something, then I'd move it back or paint it a different color,'' he said. ``There's not much else you can do with it.''
A faded red hydrant has been in front of Aten Septic Tank & Sewer Service for at least 17 years, said owner Mary Aten.
``We bought it ourselves. It's just for decoration,'' Aten said. ``(The hydrant) is inside the property line, not on city property, where it could be mistaken for one of their hydrants.''
A third green and yellow hydrant is on a small cement slab about 20 feet inside the homeowner's yard.
