Believe it or not, fire hydrants "speak" to firefighters. They communicate through the color scheme with which the hydrant is painted. This is a standard means of communication and some variant of the ...

Firefighters in Plum soon will know how much water a hydrant can provide just by looking at it. At the request of the borough and its volunteer fire departments, the Plum Borough Municipal Authority ...

Thousands of often undervalued and overlooked fire hydrants dot the landscape of the Mahoning Valley, the state and the nation. Too often, however, these critical tools for ensuring public safety are ...

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 ...

There are few things in life that are more important than water. We need it to drink. We need it to clean. We might need it to control a heating system or a power plant or to run a factory. None of ...

Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - 402 fire hydrants in the Columbia area had some form of defect as of late July. Data obtained by WIS shows the hydrants had problems with parts, water pressure, and leaking, but ...

MARION COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Residents in the district protected by the Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department in Marion County may notice some discoloration in its water over the next few weeks.