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The Los Angeles City Council will vote Tuesday on the appointment of Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley to be the first woman to lead the Los Angeles Fire Department. The appointment would be effective March 26, when Chief Ralph Terrazas is scheduled to retire.

As the state of California set a record this year with two million acres burned, San Francisco Fire Department’s Pablo Siguenza is speaking to the preparedness of the state fire departments and offers message of safety and awareness for residents in helping prevent future wildfires.

A retired Cal Fire chief is fighting for his life in a local hospital after he was involved in a crash while riding a Vespa in El Cajon. Retired Cal Fire Chief Michael Bratton is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with several broken ribs, a broken spine, and brain injuries. On Monday, Dec. 2, Bratton was running an errand…

He has several broken ribs and a brain injury. NBC 7’s Gaby Rodriguez has more.

Three people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land at San Antonio International Airport, officials say.

Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as the state’s biggest utility began another round of fire-prevention blackouts Tuesday that could leave millions of people without electricity, some for five days or longer. The shut-offs, aimed at keeping windblown electrical equipment from sparking wildfires, came as fire crews raced to contain two major blazes in Northern and Southern California before...

Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas updates reporters on the Saddleridge wildfire, which has burned at least 4,000 acres north of Los Angeles.

Orange County Fire Authority launched its new Fire Integrated Real-Time Intelligence System (FIRIS) on Sept. 1 and has been flying successful pilot missions of the new tool.

Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio’s Republican governor urged the GOP-led state Legislature to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales and allowing courts to restrict firearms access to people perceived as threats. Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday Ohio needs to do more while balancing people’s rights to own...

A crowd that gathered to remember nine people shot dead outside a Dayton, Ohio, bar interrupted a speech by Gov. Mike DeWine with screams of “do something.” Twenty-seven people were also injured in the mass shooting.

A 4-year-old girl who was run over by a lifeguard truck at a Coronado beach Monday was released from Rady Children’s Hospital Tuesday afternoon.

A 4-year-old girl who was run over by a lifeguard truck at a Coronado beach Monday was released from Rady Children’s Hospital Tuesday afternoon.

Two window washers were rescued after becoming stuck more than 40 stories in the air in the East Village. NBC 7’s Liberty Zabala has more.

For Southern California, using grazing goats is a solution spreading like wildfire. The County of Los Angeles Fire Department’s Forestry Division is using these grass-munchers as part of their fire hazard reduction project.

Our county’s second largest city has more money, but it still isn’t enough for Chula Vista to hire all the police officers and firefighters it wants.NBC 7 Joe Little explains.

A local firefighter was put on unpaid leave as allegations of a sex crime involving a minor surfaced. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has more on a similar charge the man’s uncle had.

Court documents show that the county and the regional planning agency responsible for Julian were preparing to move forward with the dissolution of the volunteer fire department at any means necessary.

A Massachusetts firefighter police say walked nude into a Rhode Island convenience store because he thought it was legal has been placed on leave. Police responded to a 7-Eleven in Middletown at about 3 p.m. April 3 for a report of a naked customer. The owner said the man with a “smile on his face” purchased a soda, and left...

A firefighter who sued to keep a beard he grew for religious reasons has shaved it off after a judge denied his request.

The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft. Days into the flooding, muddy water was still lapping at almost 80 flooded buildings at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, some inundated by up...