Kern County emergency responders are responding to a train derailment in Bodfish Tuesday morning, fire officials said.

The Kern County Fire Department said the incident happened at about 1 p.m. along Highway 395 just north of the junction with Highway 14. Minor injuries were reported.

The Kern County Fire Department placed a new water tender into service in Wasco on Friday to ensure access to water in rural areas that often have none. The 2,100-gallon apparatus can pump up to ...

(KBAK/KBFX) — High winds in the Mojave and Ridgecrest areas are causing big rigs to topple over, including one hitting the side of a Kern County Fire Department truck. CHP Mojave said they are ...

A new prescribed burn, called Tecuya Ridge 3, was initiated today at 2:53 p.m. in Kern County. The prescribed fire has been ...

A one-day strike on March 5 would include road workers, public behavioral health employees, assessors, library workers and ...

The California attorney general’s office announced felony charges Friday against former Kern County Supervisor Zack ... “At the California Department of Justice, we will continue to fight ...

Kristin Crowley has made her first public comments since she was removed as the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department by ...

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Wednesday defended the department’s aerial firefighting capabilities during the destructive Eaton and Palisades fires last month. At a meeting of ...

In Guilford County ... Summerfield Fire Chief Chris Johnson said, luckily, his crew is safe, but future plans are not. With less funding, long-term projects are on hold, and the department ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department announced that evacuation warnings ... for areas around the Airport Fire burn scar in Orange County due to potential debris flows. The order is in effect for ...