OLYPHANT – When an alarm calls Olyphant firefighters to action, they respond with trucks, equipment, protective clothing and what looks like an overnight bag. The large canvas bag Excelsior Hose ...

San Francisco's fire chief flatly dismissed the idea Monday of retrofitting the city's 8,000 hydrants to be immediately accessible to out-of-city fire crews, saying she still prefers to pass out ...

Concerns that the city’s nonstandard fire hydrants could cripple firefighting efforts after a major earthquake have prompted fire officials to reconsider plans to distribute hydrant “adapters” to ...

The Schuylkill County Municipal Authority is investigating what they’re calling an unauthorized use of a fire hydrant to draw water to fill a swimming pool in Mechanicsville, authority solicitor ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (Gray News) – Firefighters in Massachusetts are showing why you can’t park in front of a fire hydrant. The New Bedford Fire Department shared images of a fire at an apartment that ...

PLYMOUTH – A fire in the kitchen of a White Cliffs home last weekend has raised concerns about the Cedarville condominium development’s fire hydrant system. When firefighters arrived at 57 Sea Cliff ...

Who better to design a fire hydrant than a firefighter? George Sigelakis, a former firefighter in New York City came up with a new design for a fire hydrant that would be easy to use, reliable and ...

A North Collier Fire Department firefighter was airlifted to a hospital after she was injured at a house fire in North Naples. The fire occurred at about 7 a.m. on 97th Avenue North, near Vanderbilt ...