The fire hydrant that we know today traces its origins back to fire plugs. Water mains that transported fresh water in a city or town used to be made of hollowed out logs buried beneath the streets.

Two key requests made by the Fire and Rescue Services Department in Ernakulam to ensure uninterrupted water supply in the wake of a major fire remain in the cold storage. The department had proposed ...

The Department of Fire and Rescue Services is giving final touches to a major proposal to install permanent hydrant systems at regions vulnerable to fire accidents in the city. The district wing of ...

Effective supply hoseline operations are essential to engine company operations. While some operations will be performed through drafting, water shuttles or relay pumping, the most common and basic ...

Ng says it costs RM11,000 to replace one underground hydrant with an above-ground pillar hydrant. — Filepic REPLACING all underground fire hydrants to above-ground hydrants in Selangor will cost ...

SINGAPORE — The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and national water agency PUB have introduced a new "smart" fire hydrant that is easier and faster to operate. The new hydrant speeds up the ...

Lee keeps an eye out for defective fire hydrants in Taman Desa. This chamber hydrant can easily be overlooked due to the missing H pillar. — SAMUEL ONG/The Star EVERY morning, Taman Desa resident Alex ...

The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many hydrants had only a single small outlet for firefighters to use. The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many ...

An inner-south advocate says Icon Water is stripping the older parts of Canberra of its heritage by removing ageing red fire hydrants.