Firefighters need a reliable source of pressurized water from fire hydrants to battle blazes, and regulations exist that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Inside, a destroyed home is black and stark, made of tarps and the remains of furniture. Just one look tells ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) — The city of Grand Junction is conducting its annual fire hydrant maintenance, flushing about half of the city’s more than 1,200 hydrants as part of routine spring work.

The person whose letter (“Burning question: Do fire hydrants work?” Letters to the Editor, April 11) questioned fire hydrants actually working has every right to be concerned. In February, I contacted ...

Residents of Harmar’s Werner Camp neighborhood, tucked along the Allegheny River, have great views of the water and little traffic. But it’s what they don’t have that should be of concern: fire ...