Nearly 900 personnel, 89 engines, 19 hand crews and four helicopters fought the over 95,000-acre Cram Fire over the past week ...

Drones, Military Bases Are New Firefighting Tools San Diego's destructive wildland fires in 2003 and 2007 have made it a laboratory for firefighting. It’s also the home of many military bases.

Which leads to a simple, but overlooked, fire fighting tool. If the fire hasn’t gone out, but the extinguisher has, then you’ve done everything you can. “Just close the door and get out ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled the newest tools Cal Fire can use to battle wildfires.The pair were at an event at McClellan Air Park in Sacramento ...

Nearly 900 personnel, 89 engines, 19 handcrews, and 4 helicopters fought the over 95,000-acre Cram Fire last week. From Florida to Portland, crews and equipment came from across the country. But one ...

Cal Fire crews retrofitted the huge plane — whose 133-foot wingspan is a little larger than that of a modern Boeing 737 — to carry 4,000 gallons of fire retardant, more than triple the ...

November 4, 2020 – National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released NFPA 1700, Guide for Structural Fire Fighting, the first NFPA document connecting fire dynamics research to response ...

The Early Fire Department's getting a new ladder to help fight fires.Ladder 8 is Early's first ever aerial apparatus.It is a 2013 "Spartan Gladiator" with a 103 ...

Archbald borough fire chief Bob Harvey carries firefighting equipment out of the Archbald Community Ambulance and Rescue Squad station in Archbald on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.