Officials say the fire department has made significant progress toward the 38 goals in the plan since its adoption six years ago.

"When we're talking a wildland fire up on a mountain or even just in an open field, what would normally meet some level of green area that would stop the fire or at least slow its progress, in a ...

In advance of an approaching wildfire, many insurance companies will now pay to send on-the-ground teams trained to do ...

The fire department’s job is to put the fire out. We come in with a different mandate — to protect the home or commercial building. We apply our skills appropriately, adding to what the fire ...

SAN DIEGO — A brush fire is burning in San Diego near SR-78 and Casner Road east of Ramona on Thursday. According to Watch Duty, the fire is at five to 10 acres as of 1:39 p.m. with a moderate rate of ...

At the initial wildfire that would become the Palisades Fire, officers chose not to use the thermal imaging camera.

More than 100 wildfires have ripped through parts of the U.S. West in recent weeks, consuming areas nearly the size of New Jersey, killing at least 24 people and forcing hundreds of thousands of ...

Dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires burned through forests and towns in U.S. West Coast states on Thursday, destroying hundreds of homes, killing at least nine people and forcing hundreds of ...

Los Angeles fire officials, already under scrutiny for their failure to pre-deploy engines in advance of the Palisades fire, are facing questions about why they didn't fully extinguish the Jan. 1 fire ...

A wildfire that ignited on Wednesday, Oct. 8, within the George H. Crosby Manitou State Park has grown to approximately 160 ...

This year, San Luis Obispo saw a massive expansion of the zones. In the new map, 8,782 parcels were included in one of the three zones, with 2,845 parcels in a “very high” zone, San Luis Obispo City ...