In addition to firefighting equipment like the internal tank, which holds 1,200 gallons of long-term fire retardant, the conversion included modern, powerful turboprop engines. CAL FIRE’s S-2Ts ...

The Madre fire burning in San Luis Obispo County has grown to become the largest wildfire California has seen this year. It ...

No fire engines were prevented from entering California, and none of those vehicles underwent any type of emissions tests, according to Cal Fire and the Oregon State Fire Marshal.

Cal Fire has certain goal times for emergency response as part of its Standards for Coverage. For rural areas like Dulzura, the first fire engine aims to arrive at the scene within 12 minutes of ...

Cal Fire, California’s lead state firefighting agency, on Thursday April 24, 2025 unveiled a new C-130 tanker plane, shown here in April at McClellan Airtanker Base near Sacramento, that it ...

The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control sent nine strike teams made up of 45 fire engines to aid crews in California on Sunday. Each engine has three to five members aboard.