Patent ID: 7980317

Claim:
A smart apparatus for monitoring a fire hydrant comprising: an operating-nut-extension defining a module-nut at a first end and a nut-receiver at an opposing second end wherein said nut-receiver is configured for being mechanically associated with a fire hydrant turn on nut so that rotating said module-nut further rotates said fire hydrant turn on nut; a housing disposed between said first end and said second end and at least partially surrounding said operating-nut-extension; a processing device disposed within said housing wherein said processing device is electrically associated with at least one of (a) an integral memory and (b) an external memory and wherein said processing device is configured for detecting operating-nut-extension movement; a transmitter electrically associated with said processing device; a power source disposed within said housing and electrically associated with said processing device and said transmitter; a lubricating-chamber-sensor electrically associated with said processing device and wherein said processing device is configured to monitor the fire hydrant for sufficient lubricant and transmit a lubricant-status-signal; and wherein said processing device is further configured to transmit an access-signal upon detecting operating-nut-extension movement.