Firefighters deployed specialized water-bombing planes out of Canada to scoop water from the ocean and drop it on the growing inferno. "The firefighters are doing their very, very best, I promise ...

Mark Whaling, a retired firefighter, stands in front of a Heli-Hydrant, a small, open tank that helicopters can rely on to get water faster for urban fires, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Cabazon ...

California firefighters are running out of water while battling the rapidly growing fires in Los Angeles — with emergency responders reporting bone-dry fire hydrants across the region.

Off-duty firefighter Lt. William "Buddy" Doucette wasted no time jumping into the water just before 11 a.m. when he heard the screech and saw a car flying into the air off the pier landing on the ...

As they fought that early 2000s blaze, Whaling says, he spotted a sealed, million-gallon water tank nearby that firefighters had no way of accessing. He thought that was ridiculous.

In Louisville, Colo., as firefighters were nearing depletion of water supplies in 2022, crews took the extraordinary step of pushing untreated water through the system.

Since 2010, over 1,040 grants totaling over $1 million have been awarded to Illinois fire and emergency organizations in Illinois American Water’s service area Over $96,000 has been awarded to ...

The 16-year-old volunteer firefighter was killed Friday on his way to help with a water rescue. The Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District serves about 120 square miles of Franklin County.

Mark Whaling, a retired firefighter, stands in front of a Heli-Hydrant, a small, open tank that helicopters can rely on to get water faster for urban fires, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Cabazon ...

Mark Whaling, a retired firefighter, stands in front of a Heli-Hydrant, a small, open tank that helicopters can rely on to get water faster for urban fires, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Cabazon ...

As they fought that early 2000s blaze, Whaling says, he spotted a sealed, million-gallon water tank nearby that firefighters had no way of accessing. He thought that was ridiculous.