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 ...

The Santa Barbara City Fire Department has received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to purchase new jaws-of-life extrication ...

For many years, a wildland solution has been plotted by local fire departments, all of which have an engrained experience with wildfire in Santa Barbara. Firefighters, helicopter pilots, bulldozer ...

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

The Santa Barbara Film Festival sets robust world premiere program and pledges to help with Los Angeles wildfire relief.

A California trooper rushed toward a burning plane crash just in time to save the injured pilot before it exploded, dramatic video shared by the California Highway Patrol shows.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department rescued a mother and her two children who were caught by high tide at Gaviota Beach ...

Two people were critically injured Wednesday afternoon when a small plane crashed and burned near Highway 101 in Goleta, ...

Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews responded to the incident shortly after 2:15 p.m. The aircraft went down in a field along the northbound side of the freeway, north of Los Carneros Road ...

While less than half of the more than 30,000 claims have been even partially paid, the damages have already exceeded four billion dollars.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Several agencies, including the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, helped with a car crash on Gibraltar Road near Flores Flats at 3:17 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters were ...