David Whitman began selling private fire hydrant systems in 2022. He runs his company, Brushfire Battle Systems, out of his South Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Before evacuating ...

The City of Aiken conducted fire hydrant flushing beginning Jan. 4 to test volume and pressure. The flushing was not related ...

In addition to extreme winds and dry conditions, firefighters face another challenge as they race to protect lives and property in the Los Angeles area. But neighborhood fire hydrants are not always ...

The fire hydrant system in the Rustic Ridge neighborhood of Plum, where a house explosion killed six people in August, is not adequate for fighting a single fully engulfed house fire, according to a ...

For some 15 hours as wildfires spiraled out of control in Los Angeles, the public water system faced four times its usual demand, causing some hydrants to run dry and hindering the fight against the ...

Fire hydrants in Los Angeles are running out of water as firefighters work to extinguish the wildfires. The speed of the fires in the area has depleted water supplies in storage tanks and pumping ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The water system used to fight the Palisades ...

The town of Apache will shut off water to the entire system Tuesday to allow utility crews to replace a fire hydrant on North ...

Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant ...