Fire Apparatus Engineer Danny Cook, 45, was battling a structure fire Wednesday morning in Perris when he experienced a medical emergency.

Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers leading the way toward more common use of structural ...

Captain Stephen Orsini's article in Fire Engineering Magazine discusses modern firefighting and the need for continuous training.

While fellow firefighters were battling voracious blazes throughout Northern California, Cal Fire engineer Robert Hernandez is accused of igniting his own fires, according to authorities. Hernandez, 38, was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of ...

Tim Hall, 59, collapsed around noon and he was later declared dead at an area hospital, the West Sacramento Fire Department (WSFD) said. The cause of death remains under investigation. Hall had been an 18-year veteran with the fire department after ...

The Hobart Fire Department conducted a formal promotion ceremony Monday, recognizing the advancement of six firefighters.

A claim filed by a San Diego-area firefighter handcuffed at the scene of a crash demands that the California Highway Patrol fix a “longstanding problem” of CHP officers getting in the way of emergency crews on the state’s highways. "It was a very odd ...

Thomas Gase – Times-Herald, Vallejo, Calif. Nov. 5—The Fairfield Fire Department announced that retired Fairfield Fire Engineer Chris Bell died at the age of 41 on Tuesday morning from job-related occupational cancer. Bell, who grew up in Vallejo, is ...