The firefighter died in the line of duty at the Bivens Creek Fire in Montana. A veteran firefighter has died while battling one of multiple major wildfires burning in the West, authorities said on ...

California joins a regional group that will share resources to combat increasingly severe wildfires. Hotter temperatures and shifting weather patterns have intensified wildfire risk across the state; ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has awarded $5 million in grant funding to eight projects aimed at creating jobs, training future forestry workers, and helping small ...

The Pickett Fire in Northern California has charred at least 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) of Napa County. It was 13% contained by Monday morning, according to the California Department of ...

The Los Angeles County Fire Department has placed an order with Sikorsky for two additional S-70i Firehawk firefighting helicopters. In a year that brutally demonstrated the threat that wildfires pose ...

Less than a year after the most expensive and devastating wildfire in state history, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bipartisan bill that sought to raise salaries for California’s state ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a set of bills this week meant to recognize incarcerated firefighters, including a historic ...

(Bloomberg) -- Firefighters battled intense heat and dry weather Friday as they worked to control a fast-moving blaze in the heart of California’s wine country. The Pickett Fire exploded in the hills ...

(AP) —A wildfire that destroyed four homes in central Oregon was starting to stabilize on Monday, authorities said, while a blaze in Northern California wine country has so far spared some of the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California lawmakers unanimously approved a plan to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have increased the salaries of California firefighters, to put their compensation closer to what local municipalities pay their own firefighters, for the ...

A veteran firefighter has died while battling one of multiple major wildfires burning in the West, authorities said on Monday. The firefighter died on Sunday afternoon when he suffered a cardiac ...