Unable to communicate with Martinez Refinery workers, Contra County fire officers didn't establish a unified command post for two hours.

After paying all her bills, Araceli Salinas said she didn't have enough money left to take her family out for a pizza. The ...

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A Shasta County man is being sued by California Department Forestry and Fire Protection for illegally diverting water from ...

Cal Fire has filed a complaint against Orange County and two Public Works employees seeking to recoup nearly $32 million in costs associated with last year’s Airport fire. The state agency filed in ...

The chief executive of a Japanese-owned drone operator has been named a suspect in a fire at the company’s Jakarta office that killed nearly two dozen. Police have detained the CEO of PT Terra Drone ...

When Kari Thompson was 15, she went to a career fair at her high school thinking she might want to become a paramedic. Then a firefighter at a neighboring table talked up the fire service. She liked ...

An annual outreach effort to help provide emergency preparedness information about Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) is now ...

LAKE GEORGE — The operator of the fire-devastated Lake George tour boat Adirondac vowed Monday the boat would return, hours after fire tore through the ship. In a message posted to Facebook ...