City Utilities manages nearly 9,000 hydrants in its system. Officials say finding out when one is damaged is crucial to ...

When a father and daughter were killed in a July 5 house fire in unincorporated Port Orchard, firefighters arrived to find little usable water from a nearby hydrant. The hydrant is part of an older ...

AKRON -- The brutal cold temperatures are creating a different kind of life-or-death situation. Frozen fire hydrants could take vital time away from fighting a fire, leaving hydrant maintenance ...

When I ask fire officers across the country about their small towns’ fire hydrant and pressurized water supply system flow capabilities, their answers are often unclear, ranging from “marginal at best ...

WEBVTT RARELY THINK ABOUT. DAVID COLLINS DISCOVERED THE ANSWER MAY BE NO. DAVID: THEY ARE SUCH A COMMON FIXTURE THEY TYPICALLY GO UNNOTICED. UNTIL THEY ARE NEEDED. THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. HIS JOB ...