While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...

Newsom calls for investigation into fire hydrant failures as death roll rises to 11 - Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage with more than 35,000 acres burned ...

As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas, public water systems are often unable to meet the firefighting demand ...

A firefighter in Pacific Palisades tapping into a fire hydrant on Tuesday as the Palisades ... Bogel-Burroughs Tim Arango reported from Los Angeles, Mike Baker from Seattle and Nicholas Bogel ...

Spokespeople for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass did not immediately ... putting the bulk of the pressure on the fire hydrant system. “We saw four times the demands of water that we’ve ever ...

Hydrants ran dry because the city’s infrastructure was not built to respond to fires so large. A change in water management ...

It's part of a bigger debate over water supplies during massive wildfires like those in the Los Angeles area, including the use of fire hydrants. Following the wildfires in Southern California, many ...

This issue is not only about the appropriate budget allocations for hiring enough firefighters; it’s also about attracting ...

Other fires, like the 2023 Maui fires and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Northern California, have caused hydrants to go dry in the past, and it seems L.A. will need to go back to the drawing board if these ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom called for an investigation Friday into Los Angeles County’s fire hydrant and other water ...