Homeowners are buying and installing private fire hydrant systems to help protect their homes during wildfires.

Bitterly cold temperatures hindered firefighters’ efforts to douse a Brooklyn house fire early Wednesday, with frozen ...

There were also specific limitations on the region’s network of fire hydrants, including a large reservoir that was offline for maintenance. But in most cases, experts say, a working hydrant ...

L.A. City Council members have called on the Department of Water and Power to examine why fire hydrants lost water pressure ...

Residents were evacuated as firefighters battled a two-alarm rowhome fire in Harrisburg on Thursday morning. Crews were ...

The Sweetwater Authority water district will consider a more thorough inspection of its fire hydrants and fire suppression ...

Our reporter caught up with a number of people who had prepared for wildfires with built-in systems. “I’m sleeping with one ...

The water pressure issues, at one point and for several hours, impacted the ability to supply water to fire hydrants, officials acknowledged at Wednesday morning press conference. Janisse Quinones ...

A fire destroyed a home and damaged a neighboring house in the Walkerville neighborhood north of Butte Monday evening, Jan.

Some were completely dry. The failure of the hydrants was due to reliance on a system designed to fight one house fire at a time, not an apocalyptic moment when hundreds of homes are burning ...

As fires exploded across parts of Los Angeles County in early January — decimating entire neighborhoods and causing at least ...