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Redding hopes to land $30M grant to redo runway at Redding Regional Airport

Redding has applied for an FAA grant to redo the main runway and upgrade the lighting at its airport. The work would halt passenger flights for a month.

Footage shows controlled burn carried out in the US, not 'wildfire ignited in China'

An old video of US firefighters conducting a controlled burn in a forest has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it as "proof" the Chinese Communist Party was directly responsible for fires that ravaged southwestern China in February and March 2024. The video was in fact posted two years earlier, in March 2022, by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

WVRAA schedules adjusted due to heat

The CZU fire burned 911 homes. A huge new project aims to reduce the risk of the next one.

Schedule of WVRAA games adjusted due to heat

Organizers of the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) meet have adjusted the playing schedules of outdoor sports competitions amid the high heat index forecasted in Negros Occidental

House fire contained to kitchen by swift firefighter response

BARRY COUNTY, Mo. (KOAM) — About 7:30p.m. Monday evening Barry Co. E-911 were alerted to a residential fire on Farm Road 2265.

CAL FIRE to hold preparedness exercise

TEHAMA COUNTY — Fire crews from throughout Northern California will be participating in the annual Crew Preparedness Exercise from May 6 through May 10 in preparation for this fire year in the Paynes Creek area. This is the 39th annual Ishi Crew preparedness exercise and it will provide an opportunity for 48 fire crews from […]

Residential burn permits required May 1 in CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Amador- El Dorado Unit has announced that residential burn permits will be required effective Wednesday, May 1. Burn permits must be obtained...

CAL FIRE to Hold Preparedness Exercise

Nearly 50 fire crews from Northern California will be evaluated on safety performance, physical conditioning, handline construction and firefighting knowledge.

Yuba City Fire Department welcomes their first-ever father and son duo to work together

Growing up, Chase Kennedy enjoyed early memories of the firehouse thanks to his dad, Captain Kevin Kennedy. Chase and his siblings would sometimes come into the fire station as kids