"45 of the LA fire trucks have to return to the barn a day to recharge their electric batteries for 10 hours instead of just gassing up and fighting fires," a January 19, 2025 Facebook post said.

The new maps are expected to expand the roughly 800,000 acres currently in local fire jurisdictions zoned as “very high” by an additional 247,000 acres. Some 1.16 million acres will be categor ...

two vehicles rear-ended the back of their fire truck. According to Lubbock Fire Rescue, crews were called out before 7 a.m. to the 7000 Block of South I-27 for a tractor-trailer fire. Due to the ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection this week released new fire hazard severity zone maps for dozens of inland Northern California cities and towns — the first updates to ...

Two people were arrested on suspicion of dressing up as firefighters and trying to enter a Palisades fire evacuation zone in their own phony fire truck, authorities said Sunday. Patrolling ...

An offer to buy back or lease the fire trucks was turned down by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment. Firefighting capabilities in many municipalities are hampered due to a ...

McBride explained that the electric fire truck remains plugged in and charged at the fire station when not responding to a call. Because most operations are neither a daylong endeavor nor a great ...

CAL FIRE IS ROLLING OUT NEW MAPS THIS WEEK, SHOWING THE ZONES THAT ARE UPDATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF HOW THIS COULD AFFECT THIS AREA. WE START WITH ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — One person was transported to the hospital with serious burn injuries after a food truck caught fire. Northwest Fire Department says they responded to the truck near ...

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said efforts are underway to address the lack of functional firefighting equipment in Grand Bahama, revealing that all fire trucks on the island were ...