Firefighters in Plum soon will know how much water a hydrant can provide just by looking at it. At the request of the borough and its volunteer fire departments, the Plum Borough Municipal Authority ...

BAY, Ark. (KAIT) - Bay residents will soon see a pop of color when they pass by a fire hydrant. The Bay Fire Department and Bay Waterworks are flow testing all fire hydrants in the city and will color ...

MT. WASHINGTON, Ky. (WDRB) -- If you drive around Mt. Washington, you might notice fire hydrants topped off with blue, green, orange or red paint. There's a reason for that, officials said this week.

Concerns over working fire hydrants were first raised in a Springbank subdivision last year and have now spread to the entire ...

When two homes burned Aug. 7 in a neighborhood south of Springfield, there weren't any fire hydrants nearby — a relatively uncommon situation for Eugene-Springfield area firefighters. The fire started ...

FREMONT - The Water/Sewer Maintenance Department started the annual fire flow testing and hydrant flushing program on Wednesday. This should take approximately 60 days. Flushing and flow testing will ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – On Sunday, August 29, the Albany Water Department (AWD) will perform fire flow tests on hydrants in the City. These tests are being conducted with the Insurance Services Office ...

Obtaining a positive water supply often is considered a mundane assignment on the fireground. For smaller fires in residential and commercial occupancies, the task doesn’t require much thought.

There are few things in life that are more important than water. We need it to drink. We need it to clean. We might need it to control a heating system or a power plant or to run a factory. None of ...