Tanker 47, we’re in the dip,” co-pilot Pablo Montero calls over the radio. It’s 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, and the crew is on its third night working the Palisades fire, a Godzilla of a blaze ...

CAL FIRE has the largest fleet of firefighting equipment of any civilian agency in the world. In all, it has 67 fixed-wing and rotary aircraft in its fleet, with plans to grow that number to 80 in the ...

New questions are being raised about whether the City of Los Angeles and its fire department did enough to prepare in the ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department is facing criticism over the initial response to the Palisades Fire that ignited on Jan. 7.

The LAFD chief defended pre-deployment decisions made by the agency prior to last week's devastating windstorm that fanned the deadly Palisades Fire.

If I'm watching my community go up in flames, I'd prefer that officials focus on putting out the fires before starting one at ...

CBS News has confirmed that as the Palisades Fire started on Jan. 7, only 19 fire engines were pre-deployed to the area.

Tribal fire departments from California and across the Western U.S. are deploying crews and resources to battle Southern ...

One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t ...

As Los Angeles residents fled an insatiable inferno in Pacific Palisades last week, aerial firefighter Diego Calderoni was ...

Los Angeles firefighters face critical resource shortages as wildfires devastate the area, highlighting severe staffing issues and budget cuts ...