Typically, a garbage truck driver will compress the truck's load if fire is seen, starving the flames of oxygen and often ...

The Madison County city keeps its fire safety water and shut off valves underground to prevent frozen water in the case of emergency during cold temperatures.

As wildfires grow more frequent and intense with climate change, and become a greater threat to cities, water utilities are ...

Recent fires that consumed entire Los Angeles neighborhoods underscore a stark lesson -- water utilities generally aren’t ...

Does Donald Trump truly believe the nonsense he spouts about California water — the mythical “valve” connecting ... which Trump also touted as fire-free) is far different from arid Southern ...

moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant to two long hoses that she left coiled tightly on the ground.

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) ...

Three years ago, she had spent $1,350 on the personal hydrant system and an additional $1,136 for a plumber to install it on the recommendation of her local fire brigade, which had noted that her ...

Customers purchase what they need a la carte — a combination of jacket hoses, nozzles, valves and ... piece private hydrant configuration recommended by the Corral Canyon Fire Safety Alliance ...

Customers purchase what they need a la carte — a combination of jacket hoses, nozzles, valves and ... piece private hydrant configuration recommended by the Corral Canyon Fire Safety Alliance ...