Believe it or not, fire hydrants "speak" to firefighters. They communicate through the color scheme with which the hydrant is painted. This is a standard means of communication and some variant of the ...

I thought I would add a little fun to my column this month and put together a photo essay about the variety of fire truck colors. Let’s face it, depending on where you live in this great country of ...

Editor's Note -- Here's the latest in a series of articles written by a team of investigative reporters from Utah who spent several months probing wildland firefighting. Dec. 16--Before heading to the ...

Last week we posted a map of the Rim fire's progression into Yosemite National Park from Inciweb. That map (see below) uses random, qualitative colors to represent the area burned by the fire each day ...

Amazon announced a few days ago that the Fire Tablet is getting a number of new colors and more storage options. Fire will be available in three new colors: magenta, blue, and tangerine, and with ...

Red and yellow firetrucks and ambulances showed up July 28, 2003, for the funeral of longtime Mechanicsville Firefighter Lance Ralston to join a procession from Mount Vernon to Mechanicsville.