A University of Maine researcher had a lightbulb moment while watching news about wildfires raging through California in 2019. James Anderson saw clips of planes dumping out water to quench the flames ...

Firefighters from several towns worked for hours Thursday to extinguish a fire in a conveyor belt gear box at the Sappi Somerset Mill wood yard that was difficult to access because it was surrounded ...

The union that represents firefighters in Plymouth Township is sounding a different kind of alarm over staffing.

Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.

With the devastation of Tuesday night’s fire in Ovid now setting in for the folks who live there, town leaders are calling on ...

I thought it was just me spreading gloom over the holidays. I came by it honestly. As I wrote, it was my first holiday ...

Tyler Ryan speaks with Irmo Fire Asst. Chief Valentino about the LA fires, and the potential of the same happening here ...

Health officials encourage everyone to pick up a dose and plan to add more Narcan dispensers in additional areas.

The UAE has one of the best emergency services in the world with its ability to tackle any situation in quick time. And in ...

Thousands of pages of records reviewed by The Times show L.A. County officials had for years described water infrastructure ...

Ocean water can be used in extreme cases to fight wildfires, but freshwater is preferred due to equipment corrosion, soil ...

Rain and cooler temperatures will bring relief to Southern California this weekend, after a prolonged stretch of dry, breezy ...