Red, yellow, violet— fire hydrants come in many different colors. But it's not for decoration. These colors have an important meaning that could just save your life one day. Following is a ...

There’s no doubt that water flow from at least one hydrant ... followed that color code to paint about 600 fire hydrants. MAWC uses the same colors for its hydrants but bases them on the size ...

Pennsylvania American Water did not disclose its flow-test numbers. It is facing a federal lawsuit in Luzerne County over claims of a malfunctioning fire hydrant in 2022. Flow tests are not the ...

Besides determining the flow rate, officials said hydrant flow testing also allows municipalities to color-code their fire hydrants according to their strength of output. This process allows fire ...