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As the state of California set a record this year with two million acres burned, San Francisco Fire Department’s Pablo Siguenza is speaking to the preparedness of the state fire departments and offers message of safety and awareness for residents in helping prevent future wildfires.

Prince George’s County fire and EMS Chief Tiffany Green joined Crescent Cities Charities Friday in Upper Marlboro to say thank you to all of the first responders.

Free meals are being served to first responders in Prince George’s County. A group of charities are working together to take some of the burden of their shoulders. News4’s Prince George’s Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins has the story.

Three people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land at San Antonio International Airport, officials say.

The aftermath of a scabies outbreak in Prince George’s County’s fire department is hindering a volunteer station’s ability to raise money to buy life-saving equipment.

A scabies outbreak within the Prince George’s County Fire Department is hindering one station’s ability to raise funds. County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as the state’s biggest utility began another round of fire-prevention blackouts Tuesday that could leave millions of people without electricity, some for five days or longer. The shut-offs, aimed at keeping windblown electrical equipment from sparking wildfires, came as fire crews raced to contain two major blazes in Northern and Southern California before...

Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas updates reporters on the Saddleridge wildfire, which has burned at least 4,000 acres north of Los Angeles.

Four people were injured, none critically, when a small plane crashed into a car Thursday morning on Route 50 in Bowie, Maryland. NBC4’s Tracee Wilkins speaks to Prince George’s County Fire Department Chief Benjamin Barksdale for more details on the crash.

D.C.’s fire chief issued an executive order changing the policy for responding to fire code violations. Mark Segraves reports.

A host of drugs were left behind at the scene of a fatal fire in Northwest D.C. Mark Segraves reports.

A senior citizen who was trapped inside his apartment for five days after a fire ripped through a Southeast D.C. seniors’ home last year is suing the property’s manager.

A man and a 9-year-old boy died after a fire at an unlicensed building in Northwest D.C. The building had broken smoke detectors, narrow hallways and several other code violations. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio’s Republican governor urged the GOP-led state Legislature to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales and allowing courts to restrict firearms access to people perceived as threats. Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday Ohio needs to do more while balancing people’s rights to own...

A crowd that gathered to remember nine people shot dead outside a Dayton, Ohio, bar interrupted a speech by Gov. Mike DeWine with screams of “do something.” Twenty-seven people were also injured in the mass shooting.

For the first time Prince George’s County will have a woman as fire chief.

Prince George’s County’s next fire chief will be the first woman to run the department. County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

A 4-year-old girl who was run over by a lifeguard truck at a Coronado beach Monday was released from Rady Children’s Hospital Tuesday afternoon.

The Montgomery County Police have some advice about how to stay safe and legal with fireworks and sparklers this Fourth of July.

Two people died in separate fires Tuesday. Jackie Bensen reports neither home had a working smoke detector.