The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is rolling out a new state-of-the-art fire rig, but it won’t be used to fight fires.

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews were doing work this week well ahead of the beginning of fire season to decrease the risk of wildfires in vegetation-dense East Bay neighborhoods.

Fire crews in Contra Costa County have been busy building a much-needed fire break around Rossmoor, one of the most high-risk communities in the region. Judy, a 93-year-old Rossmoor resident ...

Wildland Battallion Chief Tom Zurflueh of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said it's important to have supplies that will last at least three days, including masks, battery packs ...

Michael Fanone, a former Washington, D.C., police officer who was attacked during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, cursed out Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the anti-government group the Oath ...

the Pala Fire and the Riverview Fire, the latter of which saw its forward rate of spread stopped by early Tuesday. The San Diego County Office of Education said on X that schools in Bonsall ...

“The situation that we’re in today is very different from the situation we were in 16 days ago,” Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said Wednesday evening.There were no reported ...

A Georgia county fire chief was fatally shot in Alabama after attempting to assist individuals who had struck a deer while traveling, police said. The deceased was identified as James Bartholomew ...

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...