Even as I urged them to leave, from my home in the Mojave Desert, I was moved by a different compulsion: to get in my car, report to work and rush, via fire engine or helicopter, toward the fires. It ...

Since Sept. 1, state Forest Fire Service workers fought 884 fires that burned more than 4,945 acres, according to the ...

Some employees in the National Park Service and other federal agencies who manage public lands in the Greater Yellowstone ...

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Locals share how to be a responsible and respectful traveler when visiting Los Angeles in the wake of the devastating fires.

Some are local volunteer or state-funded professional firefighters, while others have come from all over the U.S. and even from other countries. The governments have also increasingly relied upon ...

The two met to discuss the region's future firefighting needs, including the Valley's need for a wildland firefighting ... the Edinburg Fire Department T-shirt Snider last wore and wished to ...

Robert MacKenzie is an assistant fire chief—but not the kind who works for your local fire department. As the Palisades Fire bore down on Southern California last week, the private fire crew he ...

Deputies found both suspects wearing firefighter turnout gear and CAL Fire t-shirts, equipped with helmets and radios. The pair admitted to entering the evacuation zone the previous day ...

The new satellite communication DropBlocks are smaller in size and weight to be carried by wildland firefighters, often hiking into the wilderness in remote areas where cellular networks are ...

They were wearing CAL-Fire T-shirts under their turnout gear, which included helmets and radios. The truck had been purchased at an auction, the sheriff's department said. They also admitted to ...

Many wildland firefighters who recently accepted job offers took to the internet to ask whether the offer will now be revoked. “As part of this freeze, no Federal civilian position that is ...