As wildfires threaten densely populated areas worldwide with increasing frequency and intensity, Thomas Gernay, an associate professor in civil and systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is ...

While fellow firefighters were battling voracious blazes throughout Northern California, Cal Fire engineer Robert Hernandez is accused of igniting his own fires, according to authorities. Hernandez, ...

Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee was arrested for starting five separate wildfires in California in the last month, according to officials. Cal Fire Law Enforcement ...

Tim Hall, 59, collapsed around noon and he was later declared dead at an area hospital, the West Sacramento Fire Department (WSFD) said. The cause of death remains under investigation. Hall had been ...

Baltimore police responded to a report of a shooting in Northeast Baltimore late Wednesday. Police probe early morning shooting in Northwest Baltimore Police shut down part of a major thoroughfare in ...

Thomas Gase – Times-Herald, Vallejo, Calif. Nov. 5—The Fairfield Fire Department announced that retired Fairfield Fire Engineer Chris Bell died at the age of 41 on Tuesday morning from job-related ...

The West Sacramento Fire Department announced the sudden death of Fire Engineer Tim Hall, an 18-year veteran with the department. He was 59 years old. Hall died in the line of duty during a training ...