Wildfire risks and activity have increased in San Mateo County in recent years, however, agencies are finding lessons in recent incidents whil…

Redwood City Fire Chief Stan Maupin, whose department also serves San Carlos, announced Wednesday he has retired after three decades in fire service.

Though residents of San Carlos’ hillside neighborhoods have long worried about the risk of wildfire near their homes, the massive blazes recor…

Expanding the reach of available emergency notification systems, distributing information about fire preparedness to county residents and cont…

An effort to design a new, two-story structure to replace an aging Fire Station 16 in San Carlos is taking shape after the City Council review…

Evacuation drills, maps of potential fire hazards in specific zones and explorations of fire detection technology are among the strategies cit…

Wildfire detection technology, evacuation routes from hillside properties and educating residents about fire prevention were among the priorit…