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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fire hydrant, with a locking device that prevents access to the bolts, at 82 Street and Hooper Avenue in Los Angeles. (Wally ...

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

He had the look. The man wore an orange vest, drove around in a white pickup truck with cones in the back and carried a foot-long “key” for the purpose at hand. That’s how Inland Empire investigators ...

McLEAN, Va. — Dogs aren’t the only ones casting a longing eye at fire hydrants these days. Fire departments across the country report that thieves are twisting the brass nuts off the tops and selling ...

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.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Water Department has been busy trying to fix fire hydrants throughout the city because they are being vandalized. In the past two months, the fire department ...

WESTFIELD -- Parts needed to repair a Michael Drive fire hydrant Westfield firefighters could have used to battle a blaze Saturday are due to arrive early this week. David S. Billips, Westfield ...

EPA said 2011 law on lead content applied to fire hydrants Hydrants used for drinking water on rare occasions Municipalities would have paid millions to comply with rule WASHINGTON — Republican ...

As fires exploded across parts of Los Angeles County in early January — decimating entire neighborhoods and causing at least 25 fatalities — one critical setback for firefighters was a loss of ...

A federal mandate for New York City to junk more than 1,000 fire hydrants because they contain lead that could be ingested by New Yorkers was blasted Monday by Sen. Chuck Schumer as “absurd.” The ...

Following Saturday's blizzard 1500 fire hydrants across the City of Norwich were covered in over 20 inches of snow. Both the public and firefighters have worked hard to clear the majority of those ...