Top off the tanks and have a generator ready in case the power goes out. These are two mandates included in legislation authored by a Ventura County Assemblymember aimed at making sure hydrants work ...
It's easy to take fire hydrants for granted and assume that they're all the same. But there's a code that dictates the colors ...
City crews have worked long hours to repair a cascading event that began when a vehicle sheared off a fire hydrant at the ...
WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A lack of water in fire hydrants hindered firefighters from putting out a large house fire in Westfield on Wednesday. Fire engulfs home on Dubois Street in Westfield ...
Shortly after the fire, Guiliano said a water main break was discovered on nearby Lenox Street, with a second break on Lenox ...
In many municipalities, not all, the color code indicates the flow rate of water in gallons per minute from a hydrant. “Painted green, or the caps are green or top is green, that would let the fire ...
The standard for modern fire hydrants is to be equipped with a larger outlet for firefighters to draw a greater volume of water, in addition to at least one other outlet. The older hydrants with a ...