Cal Fire Battalion Chief David Acuna discusses the agency’s preparedness to battle wildfire season. He recommends people start protecting their homes before a fire, even sparks by clearing brush, ...

Cal Fire is ramping up preparations for the upcoming summer wildfire season, deploying aircraft, staffing crews, and urging ...

The aircraft can drop up to 1,000 gallons of water, transport crews into remote terrain, and eventually conduct nighttime ...

CHICO — With peak wildfire season approaching, Cal Fire is kicking off Wildfire Preparedness Week with a focus on community resiliency, home hardening and situational awareness. Cal Fire-Butte County ...

Despite above-average rainfall in April, a stretch of sunny days ahead means grasses and underbrush will soon be drying out — and conditions for wildfire will be building weeks ahead of schedule.