Nelson said that’s where the public comes in. Residence living near a fire hydrant, he explained, can shovel snow three feet out from a hydrant. After that, a path should be created leading away from ...

Starting Monday, the Laurel Fire Department will be testing every fire hydrant in the city.

A hydrant toppled over as crews were fighting a fire in Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, March 2.Footage published by the Tucson ...

HOUSTON — The 89-year-old Army veteran said he was awakened by his son, who told him their home was on fire. The two managed to escape the smoke and flames safely as Houston firefighters arrived at ...

After a grueling blizzard response, one town’s effort to rally neighbors around local firefighters drew both criticism and heartfelt support Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

After a fire gutted a riverside home in Harmar’s Werner Camp neighborhood last summer, one neighbor called the lack of fire hydrants on the property Werner Camp’s “Achilles’ heel.” It meant that fire ...

As Long Islanders dig out this week, fire departments are asking their neighbors to be “hydrant heroes” and shovel snow from around buried fire hydrants. Officials said keeping hydrants accessible is ...

A New York City lawmaker is proposing legislation that would create harsher penalties for people who block fire hydrants with their cars. It comes after a fire in Queens killed an elderly man on ...

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — More details are emerging about a fatal fire in Queens that killed an 83-year-old man on Sunday evening. The incident happened on the sixth floor of an apartment building on ...

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.