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 International Association of Firefighters endorsed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for DHS secretary as California fires rage, which notably follows its neutral 2024 presidential position.
The crisis underscores efforts to look beyond the forests and public lands that have been the traditional focus of wildfire ...
About 50,000 customers, more than half of them in Los Angeles County, were without power across California as of Monday ...