LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) and its budget have become a major topic of concern among Angelenos ...

On "LA Times Today": Turmoil at the LA Fire Department's union: suspended officers, questionable spending and hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime. Plus, the fascination with Alcatraz prison — ...

But LAFD officials say the position is much more than that. Emergency incident technicians are firefighters who play a key role in coordinating the response to fires, and losing them would put ...

According to Brian K. Hathaway, president and CEO of Spirit EMS, the organization responded to five calls from May 4-10, two more than the previous week. All of the calls originated in the Houston ...

No structures were threatened as of Saturday night, according to Summit Fire and EMS, and the fire was around 6.3 acres. “Today’s fire in Frisco is a great reminder that wildfire season is ...

Escobar may no longer be head of the union, but he is still an LAFD firefighter. He says this week, he goes back to being a full-time captain at Fire Station Number 2 in Boyle Heights.

Summit Fire & EMS and Red, White & Blue Fire Protection District firefighters have successfully limited the growth of a wildfire near the Whole Foods in Frisco, according to a Summit Fire & EMS ...

According to Raleigh police, an 18-wheeler rear ended a Wake EMS ambulance on Friday causing it to hit two other vehicles. One EMS worker was transported with minor injuries. Police said no ...

City Hall is reflected in the windows of Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on May 5. The slowdown in police hiring would help save the jobs of 133 specialized civilian employees who ...

Further data obtained by KCAL News Investigations found 49 other properties in the Palisades that have been cited and cleared by LAFD-hired contractors in the last five years. More than one-third ...

“Whatever they say I don’t have, I have,” he said. Read more:A Times investigation: LAFD union head made $540,000 in a year, with huge overtime payouts He said he compiled years of ...

"Volunteer firefighters and EMS providers are the backbone of emergency response in many of our communities, especially in rural areas and small towns," said Bierlein. This initiative aims to ...