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 ...

As you can see from the spec breakdown, the two devices are very similar. Of course, we haven’t yet had a chance to use the Kindle Fire, so there may be something lost there in its hands-on ...

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 ...

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...

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.