California’s firefighting agency did not reject firetrucks sent from Oregon to help with the Los Angeles fires, contrary to online posts saying the vehicles were not deployed because they didn’t meet California’s strict emissions standards.
The Oregon Department of Forestry is welcoming back 70 firefighters on six strike teams who have been assigned to the fires in California's Los Angeles County for the past two weeks. While in California,
Over 50,000 under evacuations as winds fuel Southern California's latest wildfire "I am immensely proud of the work firefighters from the Oregon Fire Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry ...
Windy and dry conditions returned to Southern California on Monday, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking as firefighters continue to battle two major blazes in the Los Angeles area that started in similar weather nearly two weeks ago.
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.
Yet in L.A., prisoners themselves are bringing hope to the community. The state of California has for more than a century operated a volunteer Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, which allows eligible incarcerated persons to support local, state and federal agencies in responding to a variety of emergencies, including fires.
In an update by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on Tuesday at 6:49 p.m. PT, the Clay Fire is burning near Pedley Road and Van Buren Boulevard, in Jurupa Valley.
The recent resignation of Cal Mukumoto as state forester is reflective of the current political theater that is Salem, (“Oregon Department of Forestry ... impacted by fire in 2024, it is not ...
Reeling from destructive wildfires, including the deadliest in California ... they are deemed at highest fire risk by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Most of Oregon's fire crews sent earlier this month to California, including four Banks firefighters, are returning after two weeks. Banks sent Officer Victor Haney, Lt. Julie Kemper and firefighters Jaxon Herrman and Samantha Linz along with Engine 15 to California.
Klamath Tribes Wildland Fire Department crews are helping Los Angeles County battle the Eaton and Palisades fires.
Less than a week after a massive wildfire shut down California's Interstate 5, a major freeway between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valle