Merced Fire Captain Bryan Akers, 45, has been with the Merced City Fire Department for 22 years. But it was during his deployment on Jan. 8 to assist with the firefighting efforts at the Hurst Fire ...

By Alexis Alvarez, Feb. 4, 2025 The voluntary and selective Conservation (Fire) Camp program, which sent out more than 1,000 prisoners to the frontlines of the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires, often ...

Tree-mounted sensors and new satellites promise a way to detect wildfires before they get out of hand—but no early detection ...

Photo of firefighters courtesy of Google Creative Commons The wildfires in LA have been raging nonstop for weeks. This ...

The Lassen County Sheriff’s Office advises residents to be prepared for possible flooding in Northwestern Lassen County.

The CBS show “Fire Country” is getting a special guest this season, someone you wouldn’t expect. Emerging country artist Jelly Roll will make his acting debut as a hospital orderly in an upcoming ...

Southern California Edison discovered signs of an encampment about 300 yards from the spot where the Eaton fire is suspected ...

"These were reductions to one-time augmentations, not reductions to CalFire's [California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection] ongoing base programs and funding," Rachel Ehlers, analyst for ...

Cal Fire crews responded to two small fires Monday amid gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity that was creating dangerous fire weather. One fire was located near a U.S. Navy facility in the ...

Camp participants are eligible for employment with Cal Fire once they have served their sentences, a path many choose to take, according to CDCR. The department says some of these individuals have ...