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

“Yesterday, just in California alone, there were about 30 orders,” Barry McConaghey, a former firefighter who owns ...

The logic was that having their own hydrant ready to go—along with hoses, nozzles and adapters, and even a private water ...

But in most cases, experts say, a working hydrant system would be inadequate for fighting a large-scale wildfire. While hydrants can provide a valuable first line of defense in the early stages of ...

A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) claims to show a costly and empty rainbow-painted fire hydrant across the street from a row of homes engulfed in flames. “No water ...

Crews responded to a shed fire on North Liberty Street shortly before 6 a.m. Firefighters quickly learned the hydrant in the area was frozen. Because of the ice they couldn’t use the hydrant.

Leaders with Lindale Mall said the mall will not open till 2 p.m. on Tuesday after a fire hydrant froze near Red Lobster, causing the city to shut off the mall’s water. Crews with the city are ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) - A crash caused a mess in Lawrence Saturday night. Police believe a driver hit a fire hydrant near the roundabout on Inverness Drive at 24th Place. Investigators said the ...

KENT, Wash. — Residents of the Appian Way Apartments in Kent are grappling with severe flooding after a car struck a fire hydrant, leaving six apartments inundated and families displaced.

The FDNY encountered a frozen hydrant, as well as multiple e-bikes and lithium-ion batteries, after a fire in Queens. According to officials, two people suffered serious, but non-life threatening ...