Responding to community concerns, Palo Alto is preparing to bring a fire engine back to Station 4 near Mitchell Park, though the city's plan to staff the engine is raising flags from local ...
Folsom wants to see how a single-role paramedic program could save money. Currently, ambulances are staffed with firefighters ...
The Caldwell Fire Department and the Caldwell Rural Fire Protection District, which have collaborated for more than 75 years, ...
Cal Fire firefighters currently operate on season employment, working nine months out of the year before they're laid off ...
A bipartisan group of California lawmakers this week announced legislation that would transition about 3,000 seasonal firefighters who work for the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...
About 3,000 seasonal firefighters would go from nine to 12-month employees as the wildfire season is now year-round.
A newly proposed state bill with bipartisan support would keep CAL FIRE firefighters employed year-round — and help with staffing issues ... for all-volunteer fire departments.
A month before that the Franklin Fire broke out in Malibu ... would provide almost $180 million annually for increased staffing. That large lump sum is why some people have concerns with the ...