The Springfield Fire Department, in collaboration with City Water Light & Power, will commence annual fire hydrant testing on ...

Firefighters often bring water with them in trucks referred to as “water trucks,” but that only lasts so long. That’s why ...

(WHTM) — Lining the streets of many cities and towns are fire hydrants. But how do these hydrants get their water and how do firefighters access them? According to Meyer Fire, there are two ...

A broken hydrant ... when a wrench was turned clockwise instead of counter-clockwise in removing an anti-tampering cap. The engineer suggested removing the anti-tampering caps from fire hydrants ...

Flowing the fire hydrants assists with the flushing process and helps to remove corrosion, scale and sediment that build up ...

Starting Monday, May 19, 2025, through Thursday, June 12, 2025, the West Monroe Fire Department will conduct fire hydrant ...

It was May 1904. A street cleaner had inadvertently left a wrench beside a fire hydrant. Then a mischievous boy came along. What could go wrong? The New York Times described the child — “a ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (KWWL) -- The Cedar Rapids Fire Department is encouraging its ... owners and citizens to help take care of any fire hydrant near them. Shovel three feet around the hydrant ...