CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Weeks after water districts were required to turn over inspection records for fire hydrants, one utility’s answer is raising concern about the reliability of those ...

Water supply and delivery of it to burning solid fuels evolved from buckets to booster tanks, with the delivery using hose and nozzles. This definitely enhanced the capability to deliver more water ...

There’s no doubt that water flow from at least one hydrant in Hempfield is sufficient to fight a fire. Maintenance crews on a recent March morning allowed water to gush from an open hydrant as part of ...

It’s important to know how much water flow to expect from every hoseline you deploy at a fire, especially if you have multiple sizes and lengths of hose available on your engine. Why? Because the BTU ...

At the simplest point, the job of the fire department is primarily suppression. Yes, collectively, we provide a multitude of services, but suppression is the foundation of most departments’ mission.