While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large blazes currently ravaging the Los Angeles area.
Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also unprepared for the age of urban wildfires.
During February, the City of Paris Water Utilities Department will temporarily change the process used to treat water and the Paris Fire Department will begin annual fire hydrant grading.