Across several city blocks, on the edge of parched wild lands, water for firefighting was provided by dozens of aging hydrants, each featuring a single 2.5-inch outlet for attaching a hose.

Fire officials say there were cars parked way too close to the two closest fire hydrants, in the way of firefighters trying to get life-saving water from them at a time when there were victims in ...

If hydrants are buried after the snowplows go through, precious time can be lost in the event of fires or other emergencies. X close News Weather 13 Investigates Features Sports Search ...

There was a time when they were all painted red, so they would stand out and be easily spotted: Fire hydrants. Now you’ll often see them in multiple colors. Green, silver, yellow and combined colors.

Parked cars blocked the two closest fire hydrants as firefighters responded to a fire on 80th Street in Bay Ridge early Sunday. A 37-year-old man was killed and a woman and toddler critically hurt ...

Three years ago, she had spent $1,350 on the personal hydrant system and an additional $1,136 for a plumber to install it on the recommendation of her local fire brigade, which had noted that her ...

FIRE CREWS HAD TO DEAL WITH A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THERE NOT BEING ANY FIRE HYDRANTS ON THE STREET. WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO THE MAIN ROAD AND TAP INTO A HYDRANT OUT THERE AND THEN ...

"We use water [in buckets] to put out the fire because the pumps don't work. Our hydrants haven't been fixed in 40 years," volunteer firefighter Virginia Audy told CBC News. Tataskweyak ...

Homeowners are buying and installing private fire hydrant systems to help protect their homes during wildfires.

As the fires ravaging Pacific Palisades expanded and started moving toward his home in the Malibu Hills last week, Brent Woodworth connected two 100-foot hoses to his personal fire hydrant and put ...

A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) claims to show a costly and empty rainbow-painted fire hydrant across the street from a row of homes engulfed in flames. “No water ...

Testing and exercising the fire hydrants in Nevada City on a regular basis was put on hold during the drought in recent years, according to Bryan McAlister, Nevada City Engineer. “We weren’t doing ...