Jason Cerrano got the idea for the SAM Control System about 15 years ago while working a house fire for the Pattonville Fire ...

As of Saturday, the flames subsided, and the smoke had not been seen coming from the building on Sunday. Water testing is ...

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it ...

A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTER IS RECOVERING AFTER HE WAS INJURED WHILE HELPING FIGHT THE PALISADES FIRE. CAPTAIN GREG BAKER WORKS FOR THE MIWOK SUGAR PINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, AND THEY ...

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Firefighters stopped the expansion of ... the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said on its website. The Hughes Fire had led to evacuation orders ...

The artificial intelligence behind Alert California is interpreting camera footage so firefighters can predict how a column of smoke will grow into a wildfire.

National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) and the Big City Fire Working Group (BCF) have reached a major ...

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

Firefighters are already exposed to many risks to their well-being. The gear they wear and tools they use to keep themselves ...

The recent fires ravaging Los Angeles have highlighted the dangers faced in firefighting — winds, fast-moving flames, smoke, chemical fumes — but it turns out that one of the most ...

While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...