Most people, if you asked them to imagine a fire hydrant, probably picture a red or yellow structure at the edge of a curb. It feels standard. However, it turns out the color of a fire hydrant varies ...

More than 700 blocks across New Orleans have dead or malfunctioning fire hydrants and lack any that are up to the task of fighting a typical house fire. That includes more than 500 hydrants that are ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Inside, a destroyed home is black and stark, made of tarps and the remains of furniture. Just one look tells you everything: A disaster. But it wasn’t always like that. For two ...

A scheduled water outage will affect portions of Beaufort on Thursday, March 19, as crews replace a fire hydrant, according ...

One day after Lower Hudson Valley roadsides morphed into big snow heaps, fire officials’ post-storm messages to the public included a vital one: Clear your neighborhood's fire hydrants. “Committing ...