Fire departments throughout Santa Cruz County are prepared for a dry, hot summer as they grapple with fire season starting ...

Emergency dispatch services for the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District are now handled by the Santa Barbara County Regional Fire Communications Center, effective May 13.

An Oregon jury awarded more than $35.5 million to 10 people who sued over wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020.

Below is a press release from multiple fire departments regarding Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA – On March 10, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...

Daniel Bertucelli, of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. There have been no injuries related to the fire, he said. Firefighters who worked when the fire began at 4:14 p.m. Monday continued ...

For many years, a wildland solution has been plotted by local fire departments, all of which have an engrained experience with wildfire in Santa Barbara. Firefighters, helicopter pilots, bulldozer ...

A total of 14 fire engines from Santa Barbara County have been sent to help out at the fires in Los Angeles. Captain Scott Safechuck says the County Fire Department sent a strike team of five ...

Santa Maria and Santa Barbara County have sent firefighting resources to Los Angeles to help fight disastrous wind-fueled wildfires that have been raging since Tuesday. April Chavez is the Santa ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department also sent out a strike team to the Palisades Fire, which included five engines, a battalion chief, and a public information officer, Capt. Scott Safechuck ...

"It's scary," said Raymond Williams, whose home is in the area of the Lake Fire. The largest ... Los Padres National Forest. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department issued evacuation orders ...

Ventura County Fire Department units are responding to two brush fires burning in Ventura County and Santa Barbara County. A roughly 10-acre brush fire is burning in the area of Oak Park around ...