In recent times, a glaring spotlight has been cast on the issue of diversity within various professions, with firefighting standing out as a sector in dire need of transformation. Despite the noble ...

California joins a regional group that will share resources to combat increasingly severe wildfires. Hotter temperatures and shifting weather patterns have intensified wildfire risk across the state; ...

The City of Yuma recently announced the start of their Camp Inferno program, an annual event that introduces teenage girls to the field of firefighting. For three days in February, girls between the ...

Firefighting aircraft are currently descending on Los Angeles to tackle some of the worst forest fires the city has ever seen. The aerial firefighters are scooping water out the ocean to tackle the ...

Numerous states have either enacted or proposed regulations regarding per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) present in Class B Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (“AFFF”) used for firefighting, or ...

Late last month, San Diego County leaders and fire officials celebrated a vote to add a much-needed, nighttime firefighting helicopter to the county’s fleet. Firefighting agencies in the county have ...

When devastating wildfires erupted across Los Angeles County this week, David Torgerson’s team of firefighters went to work. The thousands of city, county and state firefighters dispatched to battle ...

One of only two Super Scooper planes helping to fight the Los Angeles wildfires has been taken out of action after it collided with a drone on Thursday. In a statement, the Federal Aviation ...

For eight summers, Jody Jahn earned money for college working as a wildland firefighter on U.S. Forest Service crews in rural Idaho. Now, instead of rappelling out of helicopters to fight fires, she's ...

Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire Thursday, forcing it to be ...

Hiring a private fire crew costs thousands of dollars a day, and most work through government contracts or with insurance companies. Some wealthy property owners are calling them in directly. By Tim ...