The Los Angeles Fire Department has less than one firefighter for every 1,000 residents, with a staffing rate of 0.90, a Bay ...
In the Bay Area, two of the largest city fire departments are stretched, raising questions about their ability to protect ...
We are severely understaffed,” said Jerry May, president of San Jose Firefighters Local 230 Union and a San Jose Fire ...
LA County Sheriff says about 31,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders while another 23,000 were under evacuation ...
USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.
Recent wildfires in California are sparking debates on potential utility culpability, leading many people to ask the simple ...
The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with ...
This issue is not only about the appropriate budget allocations for hiring enough firefighters; it’s also about attracting ...
The Baldy Fire was first reported about 1:05 p.m. along the northbound side of the freeway, south of Oak Hill Road, according to San Bernardino County Fire Protection District logs. The first ...
With an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires in California, some residents are taking matters into their own ...
vice president of outreach and advocacy at the National Fire Protection Association. On a vacation, the potential for fires and other dangerous situations is often far from mind. But in rare ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said in a status update on Wednesday, "Firefighters from Angeles National Forest, as well as surged CAL FIRE and local ...