As extreme heat continues in New York City, many are resorting to opening fire hydrants to cool down. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is asking New Yorkers to request spray caps from ...

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 ...

ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Crews from Pennsylvania American Water replaced a fire hydrant on Dillon Road after it failed as firefighters tried to use it during a large house fire. “It’s extremely ...

An older model fire hydrant at the corner of Supernova Drive and Franklin Lakes Boulevard is seen Friday in Franklin. Indiana American Water is warning of unauthorized use of the city’s fire hydrants, ...

From regional authorities to individual public works departments, towns and cities vary in their approaches to testing water ...

HICKORY, N.C. — Hickory police charged three people with stealing water from local fire hydrants in September, highlighting the dangers and legal consequences of unauthorized hydrant use. Century-old ...

As extreme heat continues in New York City, many are resorting to opening fire hydrants to cool down. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is asking New Yorkers to request spray caps from ...

A Franklin County fire company faces hurdles as officials reportedly forbid them from using fire hydrants in Mercersburg Borough.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A fire was lit under a Franklin County fire chief after being told by a local water authority that the fire company could no longer use the borough’s hydrants and just ...

Franklin police charged Pitman resident Stephen Denney with tapping a Newfield fire hydrant for water his company could use on a power washing job.