The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many hydrants had only a single small outlet for firefighters to ...

"Santa Maria is unique in its ... meet current fire flow standards, and then secondly, they also don't have valves, so when we have a situation where a hydrant might get hit or they have a leak ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Crews are working to repair a fire hydrant after a valve broke in Roslindale Wednesday morning, causing water to flood an intersection. A 6-inch hydrant gate valve head gave way ...

A car striking a downtown San Francisco fire hydrant briefly caused a plume of ... Firefighters shut off a valve around three minutes after the dramatic deluge erupted at about 8:59 a.m. at ...

The Independence Fire Department is investigating ... because the main line of a hydrant is buried underground. “If, for some reason, water would bypass the valve and get up in the barrel ...

Police are asking for help searching for two people suspected of stealing a fire hydrant in Pomona on Sunday morning. The owner of a nearby business, Carlos Chavez, said he watched as the two ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Albany Fire Department (AFD) will begin conducting fire hydrant inspections on Monday, Feb. 10. The city says, the goal of hydrant testing is to ensure a reliable water ...

BUCKNER, Mo. (KCTV) - A collision with a Buckner fire hydrant has caused a city-wide boil advisory as crews work to make speedy repairs. The City of Buckner announced on Sunday, Feb. 9 ...

While initially reported as a water main break, crews later determined it was actually a failure of a 6-inch hydrant gate valve head. Some 50 services are affected, according to the agency’s ...

A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) claims to show a costly and empty rainbow-painted fire hydrant across the street from a row of homes engulfed in flames. “No water ...

“Seconds count and when your car’s on a fire hydrant and a fire engine shows up we need to get to that hydrant immediately,” he added. “There’s no time waste working around a parked car.

Crews responded to a shed fire on North Liberty Street shortly before 6 a.m. Firefighters quickly learned the hydrant in the area was frozen. Because of the ice they couldn’t use the hydrant.