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See a fire hydrant that's not red or yellow? It isn’t random. Here’s what hydrant colors signal about water flow and why firefighters rely on them.

Red, yellow, violet— fire hydrants come in many different colors. But it's not for decoration. These colors have an important meaning that could just save your life one day. Following is a transcript ...

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 ...

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 ...