Praises to our San Diego fire department for making short work of the Gilman fire. If it had reached the UCSD campus with ...

The proposal stemmed from a court ruling requiring the Forest Service to get permission from EPA to drop fire suppressants ...

“Once an encampment is abated and cleaned up, we proactively go through there with our city partners and we spray treat it to prevent the likelihood of another fire activity,” Deputy Chief - Fire ...

As wildfires intensify, state and federal fire agencies are relying more on aerial fire retardant, sparking concerns over its ...

PACIFIC PALISADES - With the Palisades and Eaton Fires now under containment, one tool used to fight the flames will remain in the headlines: fire retardant. Questions about its use and environmental ...

The product was used to save several homes during the recent wildfire outbreak in Southern California.

Retired Sierra Madre fire captain Rich Snyder used decades of expertise and quick action to protect his Pasadena home and ...

As wildfires continue to burn in California, the Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker is still hard at work helping ground crews with ...

Vasya Tremsin, a (then) high school senior from the San Francisco Bay Area, came up with a crazy idea for a science fair ...

—Less spending means less clutter: A decluttered home makes it simpler to locate emergency items like flashlights or ...

When the infamous, hairdryer-like Santa Ana winds weaken, the devastating fires in the Greater Los Angeles area can be fought from the air. To do that, firefighting planes and helicopters have dropped ...

The hot-pink mix of water and chemicals, which is sprayed from planes to combat wildfires, is under renewed scrutiny.