In honor of National Drinking Water Week, North Penn Water Authority (NPWA) will again host a fire hydrant design contest, in which the winner will get to paint their design on a real fire hydrant ...

I never thought about the close relationship between fire departments and water providers, but they really go hand-in-hand.

We're all familiar with bright red fire hydrants, the color of which has become synonymous with them, fire trucks, and the hats many fire chiefs and firefighters wear. You may even know what it means ...

MASSIVE FLAMES...NO WATER. TONIGHT, 16 WAPT INVESTIGATES THE DANGER OF DRY HYDRANTS, AFTER JACKSON FIREFIGHTERS FIND THEMSELVES WORKING TO FIGHT THESE FLAMES...ONLY TO DISCOVER A HYDRANT WITH NO WATER ...

The charge may be different depending on where you live, but in Kentucky, utilities that allow fire departments to use their hydrants can then pass that cost along to their customers. Susan Lancho ...