The city of Durango is launching a program to allow water operators to fill their tanks using designated fire hydrants after a similar but laxer program ended on Friday because hydrants kept getting ...

Obtaining a positive water supply often is considered a mundane assignment on the fireground. For smaller fires in residential and commercial occupancies, the task doesn’t require much thought.

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 firefighters rely on them.

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 ...