The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is the state's primary wildland firefighting agency, protecting over 31 million acres of California's privately owned wildlands.

Michael Fournier was making water drops on Aug. 19, 2020 when his copter crashed south of the small Central Valley town of ...

Diane Farr's experience starring in Fire Country and two other TV/movie firefighting roles is motivating her to bring more ...

– Firefighters contained a small wildland fire on Friday near the 3700 block of Geneseo Road in rural Paso Robles. The fire, ...

As the 2025 fire season approaches, CAL FIRE is taking a proactive step to modernize its systems by launching a wildfire ...

Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit has announced effective at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, May 1, 2025, all hazard reduction burning will ...

For years, wildfire-resilient home and neighborhood design has been a niche consideration for many California homeowners.

Michael Fournier worked for a private Southern California company that contracts with Cal Fire and other agencies to provide ...

Fournier worked for a private Southern California company that contracts with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, and other agencies to provide firefighting ...

LOS ANGELES — The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his helicopter crashed in 2020 while fighting a wildfire in Southern California reached a $15 million settlement with the company ...