WMUR

RETRO FIND: Kids ditched swimming pools for fire hydrants in '80s heatwave

In the summer of 1987, Boston’s fire hydrants were the go-to solution to beat the heat. With a wrench and a little elbow grease, residents uncapped dozens of the city’s 13,000 hydrants, transforming ...
The New York Times

‘Splash Spots’ Reinvent the Hydrant Spray Cap and Save Water

A staple of summer in the city lets children have fun without depleting firefighters’ water supply. By James Barron See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dousing hydrant parties City crews patrol poorer neighborhoods, where the lure of a cool spray is fun, but lack of water pressure causes problems.

ST. LOUIS - Dennis Tullock has been something of a killjoy lately, prowling the streets in his white Ford Ranger. Tullock is a foreman with the St. Louis Water Division, and when fire hydrants are ...
Lehigh Valley Live

Beating the heat is more fun in the fire hydrant spray (PHOTOS)

The summer is just four days old and we have our first heat wave. The Lehigh Valley, along with other central and eastern parts of the country, is under an extreme heat warning. As of 4:30 p.m., ...