It's easy to take fire hydrants for granted and assume that they're all the same. But there's a code that dictates the colors ...

Redwood City announced last week the appointment of Baraka Carter as its new fire chief.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (WCAX) - Brattleboro’s fire chief is hanging up his hat. Chief Leonard Howard III retires on Tuesday. He joined the force in 1987 as a volunteer and has been chief since 2021.

As a disastrous fire continues ... extreme red-flag conditions. “We surged where we could surge,” she said. A Jan. 13 letter signed by unnamed “retired and active L.A.F.D. chief officers ...