As fires exploded across parts of Los Angeles County in early January — decimating entire neighborhoods and causing at least 25 fatalities — one critical setback for firefighters was a loss of ...

We're all familiar with bright red fire hydrants, the color of which has become synonymous with them, fire trucks, and the hats many fire chiefs and firefighters wear. You may even know what it means ...

Fire hydrants are all around, with different shapes and sizes popping up around the world. For most in the United States the familiar bright red pipe sticking out of the ground is a sign that if a ...

Fire hydrants in Los Angeles ran out of water while firefighters were battling the January 2025 wildfires. Los Angeles officials said on Jan. 8 that some fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades area ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A fire hydrant failed during an apartment fire in south Springfield last week, prompting city ...

Jeannette fire Chief Bill Frye said the city’s aging waterlines impacted firefighters’ ability to extinguish an overnight blaze that killed a father and his four young children in a Guy Street home.

ATLANTA — An 11Alive investigation found more than 1,000 fire hydrants in the metro Atlanta area were broken or inoperable as 2023 comes to a close. Last year, Atlanta Fire Rescue responded to 43 ...

The St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission is currently performing maintenance painting of over 300 of the 2,800 fire hydrants in the county. Should a resident happen to see a hydrant like the one ...