For some affluent homeowners, private fire hydrants are in big demand after devastating L.A. wildfires
Homeowners are buying and installing private fire hydrant systems to help protect their homes during wildfires.
Could Bend’s fire hydrants run dry in a catastrophic fire?
As fires exploded across Los Angeles County, firefighters found a loss of pressure in fire hydrants that hampered their ...
Water authority officials talk hydrants in light of LA fires
Area Water Authority (MAWA) board members spent a portion of their monthly meeting this week discussing the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles and the lessons that can be taken from the role ...
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'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water
NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. The analysis shows hydrants going dry and ...
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'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water
On the morning of Jan. 7, a firefighter near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles observed a 10-acre brush fire ... with the hydrants. I could see if they can boost the pumps, or ...