CHARLESTON — During a training session Saturday morning, new volunteer firefighter Avery Gee took the lead position on a fire hose as she and her crew entered a burning house. The Mattoon ...

The Forest Service employed more than 5,600 employees in California in 2024, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel ...

Cal Fire crews responded to two small fires Monday, one located near a U.S. Navy facility in the Cleveland National Forest ...

Cmdr. Sarah M. Quemada was relieved of her duties as NITWG Norfolk’s commanding officer on Thursday "due to a loss of confidence in her ability to command," the Navy announced. (U.S. Navy) ...

Firefighting aircraft have been unleashing tens of thousands of gallons of water and bright-pink fire retardant on the wildfires ripping through Los Angeles over the past week. These aircraft have ...

"South African firefighters landed in Canada to make their way to LA to help put out the fire!" text on the video reads. The post was liked more than 6,000 times in five days. The video of South ...

Private firefighters aren't doing what you likely think they are — not exactly. Reports of wealthy homeowners in the Los Angeles area paying private firefighters thousands of dollars per day ...

Firefighters work to keep flames from spreading through the Shadowbrook apartment complex as a wildfire burns through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) After a 24-hour ...

A DFES spokesperson said a pile of rubbish or recycling matter was “vigorously burning”. The blaze was contained and control by about 7.30pm, with firefighters still on the scene mopping up. DFES has ...

As deadly wildfires raged in Los Angeles in January 2025, a video (archived) circulated online claiming to show South African firefighters landing in Canada on their way to assist in firefighting ...

(KTXL) — The Wildfire Conservancy is conducting a first-of-a-kind cancer study on firefighters battling the Palisades Fire. The goal is to track how the extreme conditions increase firefighters’ risk ...