Detroit officials say the recent thefts of fire hydrant parts are not only costly to taxpayers, but most importantly gets in the way of saving lives.

After low water pressure hampered Waterbury firefighters, it was determined hydrants hadn't been tested in more than a decade ...

The damage is concentrated along Southfield Road and nearby blocks, where workers found multiple hydrants in a row stripped ...

A devastating house fire on Garden Street is now raising serious questions about the condition of fire hydrants in the area ...

Today’s hydrants break, leak, and freeze, sometimes costing people their lives. The tamper-proof and incredibly durable Sigelock Spartan, designed by a former New York firefighter, is intended to work ...

After a grueling blizzard response, one town’s effort to rally neighbors around local firefighters drew both criticism and heartfelt support Town of Orange Fire Marshal's Office/Facebook A Connecticut ...

The flushing ensures hydrants work properly and maintain adequate water pressure for firefighters. If crews didn’t do this ...

A motor vehicle accident in Southington, Connecticut, damaged a fire hydrant Wednesday evening, causing a temporary outage on West Queen Street. In Seoul, officials carried out a netting operation on ...

A fire hydrant was sheared off at the base Thursday, July 16, 2015, causing a gusher near the intersection to Costco and Home Depot in San Luis Obispo. ldickinson@thetribunenews.com San Luis Obispo ...

For anyone trying to curb the world’s plastic water bottle addiction–as of 2017, we were buying 1 million water bottles a minute, and by 2021, we’ll be using more than 580 billion a year–one challenge ...

Last year, I shared some tips on how to deal with common problems the hydrant firefighter faces when forward-laying a supply line into a fire scene. Following that article, I got some calls and ...

The following projects will be taking place around Bennington during the week of April 27. Townwide Hydrant Flushing begins MONDAY April 27 and will continue through May 8 GREEN UP DAY – SATURDAY MAY ...