As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas, public water systems are often unable to meet the firefighting demand ...
Firefighters struggled to control the Palisades fire as it tore through ... But in most cases, experts say, a working hydrant system would be inadequate for fighting a large-scale wildfire.
As unprecedented wildfires raged through Los Angeles, some firefighters suddenly lost access to water. City officials called ...
One expert says solutions will require “political will, significant financing, likely decades of time and stronger, and ...
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As firefighters battled the devastating Palisades Fire, officials say the massive demand for water led to crews dealing with dozens of “dry” hydrants that had diminished ...
loss of electricity put up yet another impediment to getting water to hydrants, as blackouts impacted pumping systems. California Rep. Judy Chu told CNNNews Central on Friday that a FEMA administrator ...
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As firefighters battled the now nearly 16,000-acre Palisades Fire Tuesday ... supply the Palisades hydrants “went dry.” Of those three tanks, the first ran dry just before 5 p.m.
“We had tremendous demand on our systems in the Palisades,” Quiñones ... which affected some fire hydrants due to limited replenishment of water tanks in those areas,” he said.
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As firefighters battled the devastating Palisades Fire, officials ... that supply the Palisades hydrants “went dry.” Of those three tanks, the first ran dry just before 5 p.m.
8, all one-million-gallon water storage tanks that supply the Palisades hydrants “went dry.” Of those three tanks, the first ran dry just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, the second before 9 p.m. and the third ...