A report provides reveals additional ways fire crews were stymied in efforts to get enough water to fight the Palisades fire in January 2025. The call didn't go in for tanker trucks and when these ...

Most firefighters can relate to responding on a first due/arriving house fire. Prior to their arrival at the reported location they have identified the closest fire hydrant to lay a line from to ...

Cass County Commissioners voted unanimously July 23 to continue support of the county's dry hydrant program. Dry hydrants are generally non-pressurized and are installed in rural areas where ...

As crews have fought the fast-spreading fires across the Los Angeles area, they have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and fire hydrants that have gone dry. These problems have exposed ...

In Botetourt County, firefighters will soon be able to better fight any flames that spark in some of the most rural communities. A grant from the Virginia Department of Forestry will allow Botetourt ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X GIRARDVILLE – There is now another water supply option for fighting fires in Girardville with the ...

The Consolidated Commission on Utilities approved the replacement of 78 dry barrel fire hydrants around the island. According to CCU documents, the Guam Waterworks Authority will replace old, leaking ...