L.A. City Council members have called on the Department of Water and Power to examine why fire hydrants lost water pressure ...

Salt water from the ocean is an option for fighting L.A.'s fires, but it's more complicated than simply going to the beach to ...

The plan acknowledges the need for the fire service to stay adaptable in the face of industrial growth, climate change, and ...

Fire hydrants are color-coded, depending on how much water they can produce. Red is 500 gallons per minute or less.

As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can ...

In East Price Hill Tuesday morning, Cincinnati firefighters had to dig through a mound of snow in order to access a fire hydrant while responding to a fire in a three-story home. Cincinnati Fire Capt.

As wildfires raged across Los Angeles on Tuesday, crews battling the Palisades blaze faced an additional burden: Scores of fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades had little to no water flowing out.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) As crews have fought the fast-spreading fires across the Los Angeles area, they have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and fire hydrants that ...

Some fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades ran dry overnight Tuesday due to "extreme demand" and low water pressure, Los Angeles officials said. Janisse Quiñones, chief executive and chief engineer ...

Low reservoirs and fire hydrants without water in burning neighborhoods in Altadena, Pacific Palisades and elsewhere have been a much talked about flashpoint, drawing criticism from failed mayoral ...

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 ...

A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled ...