Most firefighters can relate to responding on a first due/arriving house fire. Prior to their arrival at the reported location they have identified the closest fire hydrant to lay a line from to ...
The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as they ...
As crews have fought the fast-spreading fires across the Los Angeles area, they have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and fire hydrants that have gone dry. These problems have exposed ...
The Consolidated Commission on Utilities approved the replacement of 78 dry barrel fire hydrants around the island. According to CCU documents, the Guam Waterworks Authority will replace old, leaking ...
As I’ve mentioned in previous columns, although it’s been part of the fire service vocabulary for decades, the term “dry hydrant” is really a misnomer. A more correct term would be “fire department ...
LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an independent investigation into the causes behind water supply problems that left dry fire hydrants and hampered firefighting efforts during the ...
BETHEL ISLAND — Hoping to prevent another fire from destroying homes, groups of property owners here have decided to install custom water hydrants around the island’s perimeter. Each “dry hydrant” — ...
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