Jessie Bradford, 78, of Lafayette, is charged with one count of attempted second degree murder.

The U.S. Forest Service will begin providing wildfire crews with masks to protect against smoke, reversing a decades-long policy banning protective gear after The New York Times spotlighted severe ...

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Alan Gudino, right, shields his face while battling the Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County in July. (Noah Berger / Associated Press) The U.S. Forest Service has ...

The federal government will now allow its firefighters to mask up — upending a decades-long policy that had left them exposed to toxic flurries of illness-inducing wildfire smoke. The U.S. Forest ...

CONCORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A lifesaving device came in handy during a Concord house fire on Saturday – not for a person, but a pet. Concord firefighters used a specially-designed pet oxygen ...

The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they want to — something Washington’s state wildland firefighters have been able to ...

Volunteer firefighters across Talbot County will soon benefit from new technology designed to keep them safer on the job. At a recent Fire Chiefs Committee meeting, fire chiefs gathered around their ...

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KCAL) - A fire at a senior living complex in Southern California left more than a dozen people displaced. Thankfully, everyone made it out safely, but four cats were trapped ...

The U.S. Forest Service has announced it is reversing a ban on federal firefighters wearing masks, and will give crews protective N95s as they battle increasingly intense fires across the nation. For ...