Winter Springs is doing a thorough inspection of its fire hydrants.A potential major problem came to light when a hydrant didn't work during a recent fire.That fire was out when crews arrived.The issue brought attention to the city being more than two years behind on inspecting hydrants.A Winter Springs homeowner watched intently as contractors tested his closest fire hydrant with water gushing out of it."It's nice to know it's going to work if there's a need for it," resident Stan Simmons said.If you live near a fire hydrant, it's good to see water flowing knowing it will be there just in case."I couldn't imagine being in a situation where you've got something that should be able to be put out easily, with a fire hydrant, properly working equipment to have it function improperly," Simmons said. This citywide project is to address past issues with inspection. There was nothing completed citywide in more than two years."Staffing issues is a big component of it, the other part is just inconsistent plans we never really had a plan in place to address this issue," said Matt Reeser from the city of Winter Springs. A new utilities director is in place along with a city contract of $153,000 to test, maintain, and collect GPS data for the location of each hydrant. The contractors are just getting started on this process. They figure they will have 1,200 hydrants checked and repaired if necessary by Aug. 1.The Seminole County Fire Department says until the hydrant inspections are completed, it will roll a tanker with a water supply to each fire call."Just so they can have that on hand in case. We don't anybody to feel uncomfortable or feel unsafe," Reeser said.When hydrants are first turned on, some of the water is discolored.If your water looks a little funny:"You may see some discoloration, it's easy to fix, just turn on your tap for a couple of minutes until it clears," Reeser said. Open the cold water side only, so you don’t run brown water into your water heater.Multiple crews systematically are going from neighborhood to neighborhood."That's why we're doing this — to find these things so they are up to speed, and ready to go," Reeser said."To be doing it, precautionary, I think that's great," Simmons said. Top headlines: Barking dogs alert Florida homeowner to 11-foot, 480-pound alligator Police: 17-year-old abandoned by friends after shooting dies at Sanford hospital Police: Florida woman shot interstate drivers, said God told her to because of the eclipse