When weather experts predict dangerous wind storms, there’s funding available for fire departments to pre-deploy extra strike teams and equipment to quickly jump on the fires that may be sparked – ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Were enough firefighters at the ready before last week's fires broke out? Were they in the right places? Were they able to respond quick enough? Those are just a few questions ...

In ousting Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley Friday, Mayor Karen Bass cited failures of pre-deploying firefighters before the Jan. 7 firestorm began. “We know that 1,000 firefighters ...

Firefighters from Lynbrook responded to a detached garage fire Tuesday night. Early video from Brian Grogran shows a fire chief using a garden hose as intense smoke roles from the one vehicle garage.

Bracing for another round of extreme fire weather conditions, Los Angeles Fire Department officials on Monday had staffed all of its available extra engines and staged 30 engines in fire risk areas, ...