OLYPHANT – When an alarm calls Olyphant firefighters to action, they respond with trucks, equipment, protective clothing and what looks like an overnight bag. The large canvas bag Excelsior Hose ...

For less than the price of a Noe Valley house -- about $800,000 -- San Francisco could retrofit its atypical hydrants so that departments from outside the city could better aid local firefighters in ...

Concerns that the city’s nonstandard fire hydrants could cripple firefighting efforts after a major earthquake have prompted fire officials to reconsider plans to distribute hydrant “adapters” to ...

San Francisco's fire chief flatly dismissed the idea Monday of retrofitting the city's 8,000 hydrants to be immediately accessible to out-of-city fire crews, saying she still prefers to pass out ...

It will be easier and faster for Tamaqua firefighters to fasten hoses to hydrants, thanks to a $22,000 commitment from the borough. After debating the issue for several weeks, Tamaqua council voted ...