USING thermal imaging cameras in addition to water from standpipes, firefighters extinguished a fire in a power-generating turbine that was protected by a sprinkler. Constructed of steel framing with ...

Boston firefighters ran into trouble when they responded to a minor fire under a Red Line train at the MBTA’s Charles/MGH station on Thursday and found that they could not use a standpipe at the ...

The Thomas Hill Standpipe was built in 1897 for water storage and to regulate the water pressure of downtown Bangor. The landmark is open four times a year to the public who are invited to ascend 100 ...

Street standpipes were last used in the heatwave of 1976 - but the introduction of a hosepipe ban has paved the way for their return. The most severe drought in living memory saw water supplies to ...