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

The freezing temperatures hampered the fight against a fire at a townhouse in Queens on Friday morning that left four people ...

Hidden Treasures, a photography exhibition featuring the works of Rob Fountain and Tammy Rose, opens with a reception on ...

NPR transcribed 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. It shows hydrants going dry and first responders ...

MARIE, Ont. — Karen Grant, 77, is being hailed as this season's first 'Hydrant Hero.' Grant was recognized on Wednesday by PUC Services Inc. and Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services as part of a multi ...

Kristin Crowley was elevated to Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil ... “When a firefighter comes up to a hydrant, we expect there’s going to be water,” she said during ...

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Los Angeles city and county officials have characterised the fires as a "perfect storm" event in which hurricane-force gusts of up to 160km/h prevented them from deploying crucial aircraft that could ...

“We’ve lost most of the hydrant pressure,” one firefighter said around 2:45 a.m. as he requested help refilling fire engines, according to a county dispatch recording. “Got dry hydrants,” said another ...

Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been ...

The Andrew McNally House, built in 1887 by the co-founder of the Rand McNally publishing company, is pictured after it was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, Thursday ... Firefighters work a hydrant in ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As firefighters battled the now nearly 16,000-acre Palisades Fire Tuesday, officials say the massive ... also blasted DWP, calling the hydrant issue a “chronic under-investment in ...