Fire departments across Massachusetts are urging residents to clear snow from fire hydrants on their properties to ensure emergency access, and to also clear any blocked exhaust vents to prevent ...

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue’s Adopt a Hydrant program asks residents to help clear snow and debris around fire hydrants, a ...

Stark County firefighters are asking people to clear snow away from fire hydrants to help them in case of emergencies.

Hydrants are required to be cleared within 24 hours of snowfall at least 36 inches in all directions, according to state law.

The biggest snowstorm in years, and today, everyone was still digging out. Plowing and moving over a foot of snow has left ...

David Whitman began selling private fire hydrant systems in 2022. He runs his company, Brushfire Battle Systems, out of his South Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Before evacuating ...

The condition of Marshalltown’s fire hydrants came into the spotlight last week after a press release from the Marshalltown Fire Department (MFD) noted that the response to a blaze at a vacant ...

In the summer of 1987, Boston’s fire hydrants were the go-to solution to beat the heat. With a wrench and a little elbow grease, residents uncapped dozens of the city’s 13,000 hydrants, transforming ...

CLIFTON FORGE, Va. – A fire broke out Tuesday morning in Clifton Forge, but it is not the flames leaving neighbors worried; it’s the fire hydrants. The fire has raised concerns about the effectiveness ...