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 ...

David Whitman began selling private fire hydrant systems in 2022. He runs his company, Brushfire Battle Systems, out of his South Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Before evacuating ...

I never thought about the close relationship between fire departments and water providers, but they really go hand-in-hand. Most of us take it for granted that when a fire starts burning, there ...

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 ...

A fire hydrant is a fire hydrant, right? It is in the ground, connected to a pipe, and it will give us as much water as we need when we need it, and it is fine to take whatever flow we need from it, ...

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 ...

FLINT, MI --Expect to see more fire hydrants gushing water around Flint as the city continues maintenance work on the system. The city of Flint's Water Service Center will continue to perform fire ...

Here’s the scenario: There is a fire in a three-story apartment complex in its last phase of construction. The complex is a wood-frame structure and is probably about two-thirds complete with the roof ...

Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant ...

LOS ANGELES — Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private ...