The city of Oakland will lose 30% of its firefighting capacity in the next two weeks due to the city’s $129.8 million budget ...

Oakland Fire Lt. Matt Amormino rode shotgun in his fire engine, past the burned-out vehicles and eucalyptus-studded East Bay hills that make Fire Station 21’s expansive coverage area a year-round ...

For years, California’s police commissioners have used the image of stolen cars and shattered windows to demand more crime-fighting resources. Now, fire chiefs are hoping to use the sight of ...

Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington shared this information with new members of the city council and also warned them about closing fire stations. “There is not a fire season anymore. We’re in ...

“It’s heartbreaking — these are people’s lives, not a movie or something we’re watching on TV,” Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington said of the slew of blazes in the greater Los Angeles ...

Oakland's Fire Chief Damon Covington says many changes made since the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm are helping to protect the city from the type of fires seen in Los Angeles this past week.

Facing a budget deficit of nearly $130 million, Oakland leaders announced Friday they’re temporarily closing two firehouses in the city. The closures of Station 25 near Joaquin Miller Park and ...

"It really is a collaboration and a partnership with our community to make sure we're a fire-safe city," Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington said. "The collaboration across our region, as we saw in ...