Rodriguez said heavy equipment was used to move the piles of wood chips around the conveyor system so firefighters could access the fire. The conveyor belt itself was not on fire, he said.

Authorities are searching for two men who allegedly broke into a locked U.S. Forest Service fire engine and stole equipment from crews who were stationed in the Inland Empire last week. The crew ...

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The suspects were captured on camera removing firefighter gear from an outdoor storage shed situated between the station’s bay and living quarters. The stolen equipment has since been recovered.

The LAFD said the footage shows its team putting out a fire using canvas bags, which are part of the department's standard equipment, not handbags.

Private firefighters aren't doing what you likely think they are — not exactly. Reports of wealthy homeowners in the Los Angeles area paying private firefighters thousands of dollars per day ...

The study comes after the International Agency for Research on Cancer officially classified firefighting as a carcinogenic profession. The initiative is a collaboration with Cal Fire, the National ...

Researchers hope to turn this into a multigenerational study and see an improvement in wildland firefighter protective gear, precautions, and interventions in the near future. For those who are in ...

Briana Cap's posts about a firefighter's kind gesture has millions ... to the back of the car and then proceeded to unload the bags for me," Cap recounted. "I'm talking family [size] toilet ...

Some of those wealthy enough to do so invested in fire mitigation technology and hired private firefighters to preserve their property. Keith Wasserman, managing partner at Gelt Venture Partners ...

With more than 60 planes and helicopters, California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, says it has the largest fleet of aerial firefighting equipment of any ...

"Saltwater is also highly corrosive, which could cause long-term damage to firefighting equipment." California relies on a diverse arsenal of firefighting tools, including 23 air tankers that ...