MANSFIELD – The Mansfield Fire Department will begin the fire hydrant flow testing and flushing program, and it will continue throughout the summer until all hydrants have been tested and flowed.

Operating handlines in a high-rise fire scenario has its difficulties. Because of their many pressure limitations, fire protection systems in high-rise buildings can create inadequate performing fire ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Fire hydrants will be tested for fire flow starting next week. The annual fire flow testing program will begin Monday, October 31st. The testing will run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m every ...

Last month, we explained that without a clear understanding of flow rates from pressurized hydrants, firefighting operations that rely on them as a water source can turn into reckless gambles instead ...

There are few things in life that are more important than water. We need it to drink. We need it to clean. We might need it to control a heating system or a power plant or to run a factory. None of ...

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 ...

MINDEN, La. (KSLA) - Minden residents are being warned that their water may be discolored in the coming weeks because of a systematic water flow test of the city’s fire hydrants. The City of Minden ...

Fire flow and hydrant flow testing in Stoughton is expected to cause discolored water Wednesday, Aug. 7. Cintas Fire Protection will be conducting a fire flow test at Target at 1 Hawes Way starting at ...

MATTOON — The Mattoon Fire Department will begin flow testing and painting fire hydrants on Saturday, June 1, and will continue until all hydrants are flowed in the area of Western/Broadway South, ...

Before you begin flow testing, ask the water utility for a hydrant map that shows a diagram of the water-supply system. Reviewing the system layout lets the tester understand the underground water ...