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Majority of Faulty Los Angeles Hydrants Repaired or Replaced
While firefighters struggled with low water pressure during the Palisades fire, it's unclear whether the damaged hydrants ...
DWP has fixed the vast majority of fire hydrants flagged for repairs last year
The LAFD had identified at least 1,350 hydrants in need of repair, according to its 2024 inspection. But the department did ...
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City hydrant replacement project enters second week
TIFTON — Over the next few weeks, the City of Tifton’s contractor will be actively working on the Fire Hydrant Replacement project. This project entails the removal and replacement of old fire ...
Massive five-alarm fire destroys row of Bronx stores — as a car parker, again, blocks hydrant
Firefighters’ response to the Morris Heights blaze was briefly delayed by a car parked in front of a hydrant, Deputy Mayor of ...
‘Unacceptable’: New Yorkers urged to stop parking on hydrants
On March 14, the City Council’s preliminary budget hearing for the FDNY highlighted a significant issue firefighters have ...
Los Angeles Times29d
LAFD did not alert DWP to more than 1,000 fire hydrants needing repair
The Los Angeles Fire Department did not inform the city’s Department of Water and Power until mid-February that more than 1,000 fire hydrants needed repairs, despite being aware of the issues ...
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Woman who blocked hydrant outside fatal Bronx Buddhist temple fire hit with $4K fine
A brazen 27-year-old woman who left her car parked next to a fire hydrant as a fatal fire tore through a Bronx Buddhist temple — then defiantly complained about parking in the area to reporters ...