The FBI announced on Monday that it is seeking information about the collision of an unauthorized drone with a firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County ...

LOS ANGELES — A large number of Washington fire crews have arrived in California to help fight the fierce wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area. Eastside Fire and Rescue crews arrived around ...

Severe wildfires raged across a huge swath of the Los Angeles area in early January, sparked by high winds and prime fire conditions. The blazes — including the Pacific Palisades, Eaton ...

LET’S CONTINUE OUR WILDFIRE COVERAGE. IT’S BEEN A WEEK NOW SINCE MAJOR FIRES SPARKED ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND SINCE THEN, THE PALISADES FIRE AND THE EATON FIRE HAVE BURNED A COMBINED ...

That’s the message from retired fire marshal Jim Davidson, who served in the Valley Center Fire Protection District. “It’s easy to sort of play the blame game,” Davidson told us.

Hiring a private fire crew costs thousands of dollars a day, and most work through government contracts or with insurance companies. Some wealthy property owners are calling them in directly.

This included cutting $5 million from CAL FIRE’s now-$129 million budget for fuel reduction teams, including funds used by the state’s National Guard for “vegetation management work” aimed ...

Of those, about 170 are contracted to AFAC, the national council for fire and emergency services, each bushfire season. "In partnership with the states and territories and the Commonwealth ...

People are being warned not to mix and match lithium-ion battery charges due to fire risk. Lithium-ion batteries are causing more fires across Queensland every year. Firefighters are warning ...

BELGRADE, Mont., Jan. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. ("Bridger” or "Bridger Aerospace”), (NASDAQ: BAER, BAERW), one of the nation's largest aerial firefighting ...

was broken into by a sophisticated burglar who was likely using stolen fire department-issued lifesaving tool. “I think we're gonna have to look into some other types of security, because a lot ...