How and why did fire hydrants run dry across Los Angeles? - Critics have erroneously blamed California environmental policies ...

When fire hydrants ran dry in the first hours of the Palisades fire, firefighters faced confusion and costly delays in getting vital water trucks into the area to help fight the destructive blaze, new ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As firefighters battled catastrophic fires in Los Angeles last January, one question reverberated across the country: ...

The condition of Marshalltown’s fire hydrants came into the spotlight last week after a press release from the Marshalltown ...

City Utilities manages nearly 9,000 hydrants in its system. Officials say finding out when one is damaged is crucial to ...

One of the biggest and most controversial talking points surrounding the battle against the January 2025 Southern California wildfires was water supply – or a lack thereof. Fire crews and brave ...

Blocked fire hydrant reports in the Big Apple skyrocketed last year as fire officials continue to blame slowed response to ...

Two Fayette County homes 4 miles apart went up in flames in a 10-month period in 2021 and 2022 while firefighters reportedly struggled to draw water from nearby fire hydrants. Residents of those homes ...

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 ...

Residents of Harmar’s Werner Camp neighborhood, tucked along the Allegheny River, have great views of the water and little traffic. But it’s what they don’t have that should be of concern: fire ...