Crews used the agency's newest aircraft to help battle a 90-acre vegetation fire that threatened homes and prompted evacuations in Sorrento Valley.

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

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

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

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

An investigation is underway into a fatal crash between a Cal Fire engine and a Mini Cooper that killed two people in Hemet.

California fires have triggered evacuation orders and warnings, as well as an Air Quality Watch.

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 is ramping up preparations for the upcoming summer wildfire season, deploying aircraft, staffing crews, and urging Californians to be ready as conditions point to another potentially ...

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 ...