On Feb. 19, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department transitioned from a High Fire Season to a Winter Preparedness Level. With this transition, the ban on ...

Rainstorms earlier this month prompted Santa Barbara County officials to declare an end to High Fire Season and allowed ...

A car's engine caught fire and was successfully put out without any injuries Monday morning in a self-parking structure at ...

Local firefighters — along with friends, family and supporters — were invited to a night out to honor their heroic efforts.

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

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.

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

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department transitioned from a high fire season to a winter preparedness level Wednesday ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — The Santa Barbara County Fire Department plans to conduct prescribed pile burns along Paradise Road today and tomorrow, as conditions allow. Prescribed fires typically ...