First responder fire hydrants: Peninsula inventors retrofit hydrants to fight fires while fire trucks are enroute

First responder fire hydrants: Peninsula inventors retrofit hydrants to fight fires while fire trucks are enroute

by Chelsea Sektnan On a clear afternoon in Palos Verdes, when the ocean breeze drifts through the canyons and the scent of eucalyptus hangs in the air, it’s easy to forget how vulnerable to fire the Peninsula hillsides are. But the brush grows thick and dry by late summer, and locals still remember the orange skies that hovered over the Palisades and Altadena this past year. For engineer Kevin Carney-Poderica, those memories, and a visit to fire…