Our firefighting playbook was written for a world that no longer exists. We need a new approach, and we need it now.

Santa Ana winds occur when air flows west from a region of high pressure over the dry Great Basin to lower pressure off the ...

The U.S. Forest Service bans the use of long-term fire retardant on federal lands near waterways or endangered species ...

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do ...

Retired firefighter Bobbie Scopa describes the differences between various types of fires, including wildland fires, and how ...

Riley Leonard and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish battled Will Howard and the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football ...

Carrying massive loads of water or fire retardant, here's a look at the fast-moving specialized aircraft helping contain the ...

Local firefighting systems need more permanent, reliable employment, because sometimes neighboring communities, states and ...

Some fire hydrants in Los Angeles had no water to douse the fires. Here's what happened, and why the endangered smelt fish ...

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...

More strong winds in Southern California could impact aerial efforts to fight the wildfires that have destroyed more than ...

It has been used to fight blazes in the US since 1963, and is the main long-term fire retardant used by the California ...