The fire service has launched a consultation over whether to drop the requirement to respond to all automatic fire alarms ...

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“This is an emergency message from the Los Angeles County Fire Department,” a county-wide alert read just before ... is sending accidental “false alarm” evacuation notices to millions ...

A second alert then followed the first, telling people to disregard the warning and explaining that it was meant only for people near the Kenneth Fire — a new brush fire that ignited Thursday ...

First came an evacuation warning alert intended for residents near the Kenneth fire, which instead reached thousands more. Not long after, the team sent a follow-up message that urged people to ...

The alert was sent by the Los Angeles County Fire Department and didn ... told “Fox & Friends First” on Thursday that particles inside the smoke coming from the California wildfires can ...

The largest wildfire to hit Los Angeles this week rapidly tore through homes and communities, whipped by winds that sent embers skyward.

Although the cause of two Normal Hill house fires hasn't been determined, the cases highlight potential issues with historical homes, the need for fire prevention tools and the value of emergency ...

Residents and hikers first saw it as a modest ... of a mile away and screamed, “Fire!” Her mother called 911, then Libonati and her brother ran outside to alert neighbors.

Residents and hikers first saw it as a modest ... of a mile away and screamed, “Fire!” Her mother called 911, then Libonati and her brother ran outside to alert neighbors.

Fire officials said the 911 caller reported a person was trapped inside, but when firefighters arrived they ... Some people told Atlanta News First that they slept at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta ...