More than a decade ago, Hartford Fire Department rookie Ashley Shapiro was sitting in the South Green fire station waiting for the next call when his captain dropped a rusty, sickle-shaped blade on ...

Every summer, wildland firefighters across the West gear up for a monumental task, aiming to stop fires that are burning hotter and moving faster with climate change. They accomplish this in two ways: ...

Officials unveiled a new firefighting tool in North County. KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen says it aims to cut fire response time in half. Officials in North County unveiled a new firefighting tool ...

Collins Fire Department's newest member looks like something out of a science fiction movie, but it's real and it's aimed at saving lives. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety and Mississippi ...

A large mobile tank capable of holding thousands of gallons of water was unveiled in Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday, June 20, where it will help firefighters serve Los Angeles County. Members of the ...

Sitting in a Centennial hangar is a Black Hawk helicopter far from fit to fly. Its electronic guts hang loose in the cockpit. Its floors are ripped up. Its seats might as well be on a beach somewhere.

Colorado is doubling down on its push to rely less on rented aircraft to fight wildfires with the purchase of a second helicopter capable of quickly crisscrossing the state to detect and douse flames.