LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Fire hydrants are meant to provide water in an emergency, but one fire hydrant in east Las Vegas was running constantly. “I’m angry, I’m angry. This is a big deal,” Elizabeth ...

As you enter into countless live and virtual conversations this week, here’s a question to consider. Are you the firehose or the nozzle? Here’s a quick description of each and a few ways to tell the ...

When there is a will, there is a way. Where there are humans, there will be thieves. What is puzzling is not the fact that some people choose to steal; it is what they decide to make off with. It is ...

The object of firefighting has always been to put out fire, in a timely fashion, limiting damage from the fire and our suppression efforts. What has snuck up on us as an industry is that our structure ...

Students wearing yellow and black gloves unscrewed a nozzle from a fire hydrant Sept. 27 outside Bonanza High School’s gymnasium. As fire science teacher Christopher Batterman watched, the teenagers ...

A broken hydrant at the scene may have hampered firefighting efforts. A city engineer suggested that the hydrant may have been damaged when a wrench was turned clockwise instead of counter-clockwise ...

I had to admit that the new station, located in a rapidly-developing area, was magnificent. Features such as multiple drive-through apparatus bays with 14-foot doors, a decontamination area, a ...

Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A City of Syracuse Water Department employee was charged today with stealing brass fire hydrant nozzles worth at least $16,000. Christopher Smorol, 29, 116 Norman Ave., of Syracuse, ...