THIS article is intended to provide a brief overview of water supplies for fire protection and standpipe systems. It is not a code compliance article. For detailed requirements, check with your local ...

Think about every urban, suburban and rural area where you respond. Hopefully you can come up with a few scenarios where you would have to decide if you should use the standpipe or stretch from the ...

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (NBC Washington) – A five-alarm fire at a College Park, Maryland, apartment building burned much longer than it should have, putting firefighters and the public at unnecessary ...

Ocean City police are encouraging people to check for missing valves on the system that allows firefighters to get water to the upper levels of buildings. Investigators recovered 10 stolen brass fire ...