firefighters at the Henrietta Fire District use about 500 gallons of water which is what they have access to on their fire trucks. However, putting out electric car fires would require 20,000 to ...

They’re pricier than more popular options, but their webbing is rated to a 1,500-pound breaking strength (the cam itself has a 2,000-pound breaking strength) and a 500-pound working load ...

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, ...

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dousing the area with more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons ... their trucks to douse each power pole with fire ...

But with so many trucks ... of fire. There have been problems with fire hydrants running dry. Gov. Gavin Newsom just said that California will mobilize as many as 140 2,500-gallon water tenders ...

In 2020, the Bobcat Fire came within 500 feet of the ... refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain ...

Weary Los Angeles locals have finally learned when they can return to their homes to inspect the damage caused by the city's worst fires in history. Officials will begin reopening fire-ravaged ...

Designed specifically to battle forest fires, the CL-415 amphibious aircraft can scoop water, mix it with foam when required, and spray it directly ... Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone ...

When former Olympic gold-medal sprinter Michael Johnson heard the Palisades fire was heading ... often an untapped source of water equivalent to dozens of 500-gallon firetrucks.

He says they used about 500 gallons of water on the fire, and it still wasn’t out, so they called in an excavator from the nearby waste disposal site to cover the truck in snow. “We started dumping ...

The Prince of Wales enjoyed the "best day of my life" when he was encouraged to spray pond water at the press on a visit to a Surrey-based science firm. Prince William visited the Guildford-based ...