The traditional fire hydrant, that innocuous little cast metal tube with a hat, is one of those everyday objects that is so commonplace most people tend to overlook them. For over 100 years this life ...

Firefighters struggled to control the Palisades fire as it tore through neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades earlier this month. Mark Abramson for The New York Times By Mitch Smith, Eden Weingart and ...

Fire hydrant flushing will occur between the hours of 7:30 PM and 5:00 AM to minimize customer impacts. This routine testing program, which occurs every three years, involves flushing water through ...

When I ask fire officers across the country about their small towns’ fire hydrant and pressurized water supply system flow capabilities, their answers are often unclear, ranging from “marginal at best ...

The fire hydrant system in the Rustic Ridge neighborhood of Plum, where a house explosion killed six people in August, is not adequate for fighting a single fully engulfed house fire, according to a ...

Fire hydrants in El Paso County, particularly in Anthony, are facing maintenance challenges, raising safety concerns among ...

When a father and daughter were killed in a July 5 house fire in unincorporated Port Orchard, firefighters arrived to find little usable water from a nearby hydrant. The hydrant is part of an older ...

San Diego International Airport (SAN) in the US has deployed a state-of-the-art hydrant fuelling system as part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability. The initiative, led by the San Diego County ...