Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles ...

More than 180,000 people are under evacuation orders tied to the various fires in Los Angeles County. Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit keeps a wintertime fire suppression staff of about 330 and ...

Improving evacuation ... from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which is providing $35 million of federal funds along with a match of $15 million from Napa County.

The modeling scenarios, in addition to the information that was gathered through multiple meetings with the community, aided with the development and finalization of an Emergency Evacuation Report and ...

Two new fires ignited in San Diego County on Tuesday, as firefighters continue fighting blazes further north in Los Angeles.

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

That first message on Watch Duty reached about 6,000 enrolled users in the original three-county ... with fire maps, photos, live video from fire lookout cameras, notices of evacuation orders ...