The next day, when the hydrant’s water pressure dropped ... He turned on his diesel-powered generator, got the sprinklers on the roof ready, wet down the house’s exterior and hooked up two fire hoses ...

Homeowners are buying and installing private fire hydrant systems to help protect their homes during wildfires.

“Yesterday, just in California alone, there were about 30 orders,” Barry McConaghey, a former firefighter who owns ...

The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many hydrants had only a single small outlet for firefighters to ...

As fire hydrants went dry while crews battled flames in Pacific Palisades, Donald Trump pointed the finger at California Gov.

While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large blazes currently ravaging the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles officials said on Jan. 8 that some fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades area lost water supply due to high demand on the system from the Palisades fire. Water remained available to ...

Some departments have special crews while others have special hydrants. Here are some of the most popular methods: ...

In Southern California, fire hydrants ran dry as flames ripped ... which releases water. People leave on sprinkler systems trying to protect their homes. And then all at the same time ...

But when he pried it open, no water came out. The hydrant was empty. The Cal Fire volunteer and photographer said he encountered at least four dry hydrants as he tried to aid those battling the ...

Hydrants in the Palisades can hold 3 million gallons of water, but the fire that started at 10:30 ... at the same time using gardening hoses and sprinklers as a last-ditch effort to save their ...