Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Newsom’s executive order mandating 5-foot clearance around homes: What does it mean?
Wildfire experts in recent years have highlighted the dangers of wind-driven embers that can travel great distances and ...
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Wildfire experts in recent years have highlighted the dangers of wind-driven embers that can travel great distances and ...
As fire season grows, California senators push for more year-round firefighters
After LA fires, Senate President Mike McGuire proposes full-time firefighters to replace the current seasonal workforce ...
New state legislation would make seasonal CAL FIRE firefighters full time
Experts say wildfires in California are becoming closer and closer to a year-round threat and as the fire season lengthens, ...
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Delmar House Fire Displaces Two
The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal is investigating a house fire in Delmar Thursday night that displaced two ...
Suspect charged with starting Tuesday fire that injured 1
More information has come to light regarding a house fire allegedly set intentionally by Gelisha Sally Rivers, 32, with her father in the house in southwest Austin Tuesday afternoon. Rivers made her ...
KCFD: Medic Squad 42 apparatus starts service
The new Medic Squad 42 apparatus was put into service Wednesday, replacing a temporary vehicle to serve an area of east Bakersfield that gets more than 5,000 emergency calls annually, according to the ...
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Scottsbluff Fire Department focuses on improving classification, training
The Scottsbluff Fire Department experienced a small increase in calls in 2024, Scottsbluff Fire Chief Tom Schingle outlined ...
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Called to action: Polk County firefighters recall lasting memories on strike teams in L.A.
Each of the six members of Polk Fire District No. 1 strike team deployed to California Jan. 8 had been sent to incidents in the past, mostly in Oregon. None ...
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Passerby helps woman escape from Mattoon house fire
Arriving fire crews were advised that a passerby was able to alert the sole occupant of the home and safely remove her from ...
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3 children die in suburban Detroit house fire where smoke alarms were not working
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Three children died in a weekend house fire in suburban Detroit, authorities said. The siblings ...