Though it is technically illegal to open any of the city’s 170,000 fire hydrants by yourself, there is a way to enjoy the cooling jets legally. You can put in a request to the Fire Department to ...

A striking city worker was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly slashing a Philadelphia Water Department truck’s tires, causing about $3,000 in damage, according to a police source. A person was ...

BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has ...

Lakamp says open hydrants can slow response to an actual fire. If a hydrant is gushing and firefighters need to use it, they must turn it off before connecting hoses. He says the hydrants can be ...

Kalamazoo to open fire hydrants for citizens during extreme heat Published: Jun. 14, 2022, 11:38 a.m. Gabra Marshall, 6, left, and Marcella Marshall, 4, right, play in fire hydrant water during a ...

According to records of Chicago’s 311 calls, there were 341 complaints of open fire hydrants on Wednesday and 551 complaints on Thursday — the highest number of such complaints on any given ...

The fire hydrants will be open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Thursday, Aug. 24. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. Quick Look- ...

To get away from all of Thursday’s heat, people made their way over to Morningside Park to cool down. Through July and August ...