The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is the state's primary wildland firefighting agency, protecting over 31 million acres of California's privately owned wildlands.

In the summer of 2025, wildfires in California are projected to be average to more severe depending on where you live in the ...

Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard severity zones are expected to take effect in July for ...

Money for more year-round firefighters and increased pay for inmate firefighters could hinge on state’s fiscal health.

Michael Fournier was making water drops on Aug. 19, 2020 when his copter crashed south of the small Central Valley town of ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection offers burn permits online at burnpermit.fire.ca.gov. The burn permits only apply to areas in the State Responsibility Area of Shasta County.

A 78-year-old man who went missing while hunting mushrooms in a Northern California forest has been found dead, sheriff’s ...

DAVIS — Wildfires scorched more than a million acres in California last year, and the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) says the state faces a growing threat of large ...

Michael Fournier worked for a private Southern California company that contracts with Cal Fire and other agencies to provide ...