How better water systems can help a city survive the next firestorm
Backflow prevention devices can help solve that, said Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University. The ...
What Do Fire Hydrant Colors Mean?
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 ...
Florence community speaks out about broken fire hydrants
In the Grove Park subdivision in the City of Florence, the community is dealing with four broken fire hydrants.The hydrants have black, plastic bags covering t ...
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Boardman fire hydrant sits unrepaired as city battles water main breaks
A Boardman resident is raising concerns about a fire hydrant that has been out of service for weeks, but city officials say ...
New York Post5d
Blocked NYC fire hydrant complaints doubled since pandemic as bike lanes, lack of cops may be to blame
Complaints about parked cars blocking fire hydrants have more than doubled since the start of the pandemic — with critics blaming the surge on bike lanes and even a lack of cops, records show.
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Cars blocking hydrants delay 2 firefights in a week: What does the law say?
"We did unfortunately have a car parked on the closest fire hydrant. We’ve seen that now a couple of times in the last week throughout the City," the FDNY said in a post on X. “At 6:00 this ...
Fort Worth Report12d
Fire destroyed their Fort Worth home. A broken hydrant may have cost crucial minutes
Firefighters arrived at a Tanglewood home within five minutes of a 911 call. Crews soon reported a problem: They didn’t have water.
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How better water systems can help a city survive the next firestorm
In November, a 5,000-gallon heli-hydrant in San Diego County was tapped nearly 30 times by aircraft fighting the 48-acre Garden Fire. The Rainbow Municipal Water District, a small utility that ...