We're all familiar with bright red fire hydrants, the color of which has become synonymous with them, fire trucks, and the ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - You see them every day in East Texas in every municipality. There was a time when they were all painted red, so they would stand out and be easily spotted: Fire hydrants. Now ...

Believe it or not, fire hydrants "speak" to firefighters. They communicate through the color scheme with which the hydrant is painted. This is a standard means of communication and some variant of the ...

METROPOLIS, Ill. – Think twice before painting a fire hydrant because there is a reason they’re not all red. Their color indicates how much water they can provide for first responders. This can be ...

Hydrants painted with a red top put out less than 500 gallons of water per minute. Fire fighters cannot take water directly from a red top hydrant to put out a fire. They must use a series of hoses ...

Question: What's the color of my fire hydrant mean? If you live in the city of Cincinnati, you might have noticed your fire hydrant got a new pop of color lately. City officials announced in April ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — You wouldn’t normally find something with Michigan colors on Ohio State’s campus, but the Veterinary Medical Center made just one exception for a maize and blue fire hydrant ...

The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. If you live in the city of Cincinnati, you might have noticed your fire hydrant ...