The MMP&W Volunteer Fire Company is claiming that the Mercersburg Water Authority has denied them access to hydrants under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a father and daughter were killed in a July 5 house fire in unincorporated Port Orchard, firefighters arrived to find little ...

One Pennsylvania fire company said Tuesday that the local water authority barred it from accessing fire hydrants and instead advised firefighters to let a building burn. The MMP&W Volunteer Fire & ...

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

With several feet of snow piled up along the roads, Stahl says buried hydrants can slow emergency response when seconds ...

UPDATE: Central Pa. official who told firefighters they could not use hydrants was not speaking for borough A Franklin County fire department warned residents Tuesday they may be left without reliable ...

When fire hydrants ran dry in the first hours of the Palisades fire, firefighters faced confusion and costly delays in getting vital water trucks into the area to help fight the destructive blaze, new ...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- Brass thieves stole at least three fire hydrants right from their bases in Simi Valley earlier this month, police said. The thefts were reported in the 600 block of ...

FORT DODGE, Iowa (KCCI) - A 9-year-old boy in Iowa is being rewarded for taking action that helped the fire department save lives. City and state crews have been clearing snow from Fort Dodge’s ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As firefighters battled catastrophic fires in Los Angeles last January, one question reverberated across the country: ...