In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a new service agreement between ambulance provider AMR and the county despite major pushback from firefighters.

The County of Santa Barbara is set to approve a new Exclusive Ambulance Provider agreement during its Feb. 11 meeting that ...

Santa Barbara County’s new American Medical Response contract raises ambulance rates 35% compared with last year, reportedly ...

The wind-driven fires quickly grew beyond the capacity of the Los Angeles crews on hand — here, the county has 16 fire ...

Santa Barbara County Fire Department personnel helped with a rollover car crash around 3:00 p.m. on Milpas St. near Jenining ...

County emergency managers issued an evacuation order for some properties in the Lake Fire burn area due to a storm arriving ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:59 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Marcos Fire has been burning on private land. There ...

Two men were seriously injured Saturday afternoon when their vehicle plunged over the side of Gibraltar Road in the mountains ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Tuesday reluctantly approved a four-year exclusive contract for ambulance services with AMR, which brings to a close a years-long legal battle.

The Santa Barbara City Fire Department has received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to purchase new extrication equipment. Known as the “jaws of life,” first responders use ...

By Harrison Tasoff Santa Barbara’s year-round sunshine and good weather make it an attractive tourist destination and a ...