A proactive 9-year-old boy in Iowa is being recognized for helping his local fire department save lives during an emergency. Local authorities in Fort Dodge, a city in the central part of the state, ...

When a father and daughter were killed in a July 5 house fire in unincorporated Port Orchard, firefighters arrived to find little usable water from a nearby hydrant. The hydrant is part of an older ...

A fire hydrant is part of the landscape, something your eye may just slide past. Like a light post or mailbox, it is expected to be just off the curb of a street. That makes them easy to ignore or to ...