A staple of summer in the city lets children have fun without depleting firefighters’ water supply. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at a new take on a staple of summer in ...

We're all familiar with bright red fire hydrants, the color of which has become synonymous with them, fire trucks, and the hats many fire chiefs and firefighters wear. You may even know what it means ...

For 22 years, from Feb. 18, 2001 to Feb. 23, 2023, a 40-foot-tall silver sculpture of a fire hydrant towered over Taylor Street in downtown Columbia, tilted at a slight angle as if it had just been ...

A broken hydrant at the scene may have hampered firefighting efforts. A city engineer suggested that the hydrant may have been damaged when a wrench was turned clockwise instead of counter-clockwise ...

COLUMBIA — Moving a 40-foot fire hydrant was not easy. But after hours of rigging and driving on Feb. 23, Busted Plug arrived at its new, temporary home. Columbia's enormous, divisive fire hydrant ...