The fire service has advanced how it fights and suppresses fire significantly. One big advancement is the use of fire hose to deliver water from what once was considered a plug to now a fire hydrant ...

Andrew Grinsfelder yanked on the pump to get it started. A hose snaked out from one end, a tube fed into the pool on the other. Demonstrating how to use the pump in the backyard of his family home in ...

Vicky Collison and Andrew Grinsfelder hurried past a burning home on an upscale residential street just off Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades. There were piles of rubble on all sides and glowing ...