The Colorado Nordic ski teams kicked off flip-flops to put on ski gear. Some team members donned jeans and tank tops to participate in the Raoul Wille Memorial Junior National Qualifier races in Aspen ...

It is said of mail men and women: "Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night will keep these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." Now, we can add a firefighter to that slogan ...

A Seaside Fire & Rescue unit stands ready as wildfire smoke from the Los Angeles fires billows in the background.

Two weeks after the Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes in two distinct LA-area communities, many in Los Angeles County are still in a state of shock, even as donation drives peter ...

At last week’s City Council session, Fire Chief Ryan Moore reported that his department had 11 calls in December and 151 for the year, which is about 30 calls above ...

The latest NIST study provides more information about exposure risk for firefighters from their firefighting protective gear.

Support LAist by giving now. The L.A. area fires that have destroyed homes have also burned through thousands of acres of wildland that’s home to bears, mountain lions, squirrels and other animals.

You can’t even call the LA fires a warning shot. Rather, they are merely the latest episode in a rapidly unfolding story.

Fires like these, starting in the wildland and threatening habitations ... impact of assets like additional firefighters, the gear they need to do their jobs, and abundant water, have to be ...

The repellent properties of PFAS compounds also protect the gear from becoming drenched and heavy, also a potential danger to firefighters. The study included four types of gloves, eight types of ...

U.S. Forest Service investigators Tuesday were seeking the public’s help identifying two men who broke into a locked fire engine and stole equipment from a crew standing by for deployments during the ...