Thieves have destroyed nearly 75 fire hydrants on the west side of Detroit in the last 48 hours, stealing parts and putting ...

Detroit officials say the recent thefts of fire hydrant parts are not only costly to taxpayers, but most importantly gets in the way of saving lives.

The damage is concentrated along Southfield Road and nearby blocks, where workers found multiple hydrants in a row stripped ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Inside, a destroyed home is black and stark, made of tarps and the remains of furniture. Just one look tells you everything: A disaster. But it wasn’t always like that. For two ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scrapped guidelines that would force local governments to replace broken fire hydrants with brand-new, certified lead-free ones after Jan. 4. The ...

See a fire hydrant that's not red or yellow? It isn’t random. Here’s what hydrant colors signal about water flow and why ...

Two Fayette County homes 4 miles apart went up in flames in a 10-month period in 2021 and 2022 while firefighters reportedly struggled to draw water from nearby fire hydrants. Residents of those homes ...

One day after Lower Hudson Valley roadsides morphed into big snow heaps, fire officials’ post-storm messages to the public included a vital one: Clear your neighborhood's fire hydrants. “Committing ...