Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant to two long hoses that she left coiled tightly on the ground.

Firefighters emphasize that snow buildup around hydrants can delay emergency response, urging residents to clear a few feet of space around them. With more than 2,000 hydrants in West Fargo ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - While firefighters were fighting the flames at a raging house fire in Westfield on Wednesday, they found multiple fire hydrants in their area were dry. Western ...

"We use water [in buckets] to put out the fire because the pumps don't work. Our hydrants haven't been fixed in 40 years," volunteer firefighter Virginia Audy told CBC News. Tataskweyak ...

The writers decided to call this one, “Relief Cut.” It sounds like episode 12 will feature some very interesting, dramatic, intense and possible action-filled scenes as fire hydrants go missing.

Against the red-hot blaze inside the home, the severe cold outside froze not one, but two of the nearest fire hydrants, leaving the crew to resort to ones several blocks away, and calling for tankers.