Wildfires Are Revealing the Limits of Our Hydrant Systems
While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...
Post falsely claims officials paid $300K for rainbow fire hydrant | Fact check
The photo of the rainbow hydrant was AI-generated and originated from a satirical account. There are no credible news reports ...
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Struck SF fire hydrant briefly causes downtown geyser
A car striking a downtown San Francisco fire hydrant briefly caused a plume of water to shoot two stories into the air above ...
Opinion: Los Angeles tragedy points to need for support for CT fire services
This issue is not only about the appropriate budget allocations for hiring enough firefighters; it’s also about attracting ...
1 suffers major injuries in 2-vehicle crash on Olive Dr: CHP
At least one person is suffering from major injuries Thursday morning, after a two-vehicle collision in northwest Bakersfield, the California Highway Patrol ...
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San Francisco Fire Department shows off its emergency readiness in preparedness drill: 'Be vigilant'
The San Francisco Fire Department was showing off some unique firefighting tools like the St. Francis Fire Boat, essentially a floating fire hydrant ... of the Southern California wildfire disaster.
Crash shuts down roadways, knocks out power in Auburn area
A photo shared by the Auburn Police Department shows a pickup truck that crashed into a fire hydrant, with water gushing ...
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Illinois firefighters react to California fire challenges
An Illinois fire department says the systems needed to fight a fire as large as the ones in California don't exist. An ...
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'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water
"We can keg them up at least in the state area up in Palisades and we can set up a portable hydrant system so our ... On Jan.
Lose home insurance in Pierce County? Some areas are seeing a ‘higher level of scrutiny’
The News Tribune asked experts how insurance companies calculate wildfire risk and what prompts them to drop policyholders.
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Is insurance industry prepared to handle overwhelming claims from California wildfires?
As firefighters were making progress against the deadly California wildfires that have destroyed more than 10,000 structures and killed at least 27 people in Los Angeles County over several weeks, ...