The city of Redmond has taken delivery of the first electric fire engine to enter service in the state of Washington.

Assemblymember Steve Bennett is proposing legislation to better protect water supplies during a wildfire. Here's why.

Pinellas County officials told us the water pump house here, which is underground, was damaged by four feet of flood waters from Hurricane Milton. The hydrants have been taken offline to repair ...

The next day, when the hydrant’s water pressure dropped, he used a pump to take water from the swimming pool across the street so firefighters could continue hosing down the houses and fighting ...

“They need electricity in order to pump water. So, they turned that down,” she explained. “And then, at the same time, there were so many hydrants that were being used all at once. That ...

“They need electricity in order to pump water. So, they turned that down,” she explained. “And then, at the same time, there were so many hydrants that were being used all at once. That aggravated the ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) - The Ohio State Fire Marshal’s Office and the East End Lake County Fire Investigation Unit determined the cause of a fire on Mentor Avenue Wednesday. The Painesville ...

Castaneda thought about those hydrants while watching coverage of the L.A. wildfires. At one point, so many fire hydrants were being used, the system lost water pressure. “The catastrophe was ...

Los Angeles leaders ordered an analysis of the city's water infrastructure on Tuesday, a week after the Palisades Fire destroyed thousands of buildings in the coastal community. It comes days ...

The lawsuit, filed by residents and a pizzeria owner in the now devastated Los Angeles area, blames the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for hydrants drying up within hours of the blaze's ...

Right? When they do that, guess what? They shut off the power that controls the ability to pump the water. And so, now they’re … getting generators now. I mean, this is complicated stuff ...

“Helicopters, for example, were not able to fly under those conditions early on in the fires, so the demand on hydrants and other ... water infrastructure like pumps and installing larger ...