Thursday's deployment marks the fourth aircraft out of a planned statewide fleet of seven.

The nearest Cal Fire crew was away on another call when a vegetation fire erupted in Parkfield on Sunday. So residents got to ...

The brush fire was reported just before 3:30 p.m. near Pinnacle Street and Ethanac Road, fire officials said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Cal Fire's fourth C-130 Hercules airtanker and 11th Helitack base are operational at the recently ...

Cal Fire helicopters will sweep low over Folsom Lake on Friday and Saturday as crews stage one of the agency’s final major ...

Cal Fire is ramping up preparations for the upcoming summer wildfire season, deploying aircraft, staffing crews, and urging ...

A Northern California man has been arrested by Cal Fire investigators for allegedly throwing a can and shattering the windshield of a fire engine on its way to an incident. Cal Fire Law Enforcement ...

DAVIS — Wildfires scorched more than a million acres in California last year, and the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) says the state faces a growing threat of large blazes.

Cal Fire firefighters were able to stop the forward progress of the Main 2 Fire in Ramona, which grew to seven acres, while ...

CAL FIRE has a new class of Heavy Fire Equipment Operators and Company Officers ready to serve after completing intensive training that included hands-on fieldwork and high-pressure simulations design ...

New Cal Fire officers are sworn in on Friday at the agency’s training facility in Ione. Cal Fire graduated 38 new company officers as part of its final training class of the year, capping a record in ...