Residents are reminded that it's their responsibility to keep fire hydrants open and accessible. Clearing snow from neighborhoods and cities isn't just a courtesy—it's essential for public safety.

As wildfires grow more frequent and intense with climate change, and become a greater threat to cities, water utilities are ...

Over the last few weeks, we've received many questions from community members about the availability of local water sources ...

At least three people, including an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease and her two adult children, were killed in a ...

OSHA issued over 180 citations and millions in fines to this Alabama sawmill, the deadliest workplace in America, but it kept operating.

For the second time this week, the FDNY says firefighting efforts were impacted due to the closest fire hydrants at the scenes being blocked by parked vehicles. Now, a ...

Firefighters had to navigate cars that blocked hydrants in two fires in the Bronx and in Brooklyn. “Seconds count when we’re ...

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 ...

The City’s Fire & Rescue Service is showcasing their capabilities and engaging learners at various schools in fire safety ... not park in the way of a fire hydrant; If the fire is contained ...

Accounting for variations Written operational procedures lay out to all members how they are expected to operate in various situations. Certainly, every fire operation has variations and rapidly ...

After those procedures and lots of physical therapy, 6-month-old Whiskey is on his feet and playing at his foster home in Middletown, and the family that took him in has decided to keep him ...

The fire service was alerted to the fire which began inside the plane just before 10:30 p.m., it said. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said it began in the plane’s tail.