The newest Santa Barbara City Fire ladder truck is now in service. It cost $1.67-million and was ordered in 2022.

The City of Santa Barbara is proud to announce the recent acquisition of a new Pierce Arrow XT Aerial Ladder Truck for the Santa Barbara Fire Department, significantly enhancing the department’s ...

The Santa Barbara Fire Department (SBFD) has acquired a new Pierce Arrow XT Aerial Ladder Truck, significantly enhancing its emergency response ...

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The City of Santa Maria is cracking down on illegal fireworks like never before, issuing a record number of citations over ...

Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Sheila Kelliher Berkoh The Community Environmental Council (CEC) will host an evening dedicated to climate action and ...

Prosecutors said Steve Farzam has allegedly impersonated first responders since 1999 and entered the Palisades Fire zone by ...

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SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES, Calif. – Emergency communications systems, including 911 and air traffic control ...

For the fourth year in a row, the skies over Lompoc were missing something on the Fourth of July: a city-sponsored fireworks ...

The first fire I remember fighting happened in the dense mountains of Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Giant ponderosa pines ...

One of the boaters rescued from a sinking vessel offshore Santa Barbara last week has died, and another remains in critical ...