The Kern County Fire Department was awarded a grant to purchase new extraction equipment to safely rescue crash victims ...

The California City Council is set to consider an agreement with Kern County on Tuesday to fill the role of interim fire ...

Paladino Fire initially started 8:31 p.m. Sep. 2 in Kern County, California. It has burned 461 acres after being active for 17 days. The fire crew managed to contain the fire entirely by Friday ...

Fort Fire initially started 11:27 p.m. June 4 in Kern County, California. It has burned 389 acres after being active for four months. By Tuesday afternoon, the fire crew successfully encircled the ...

A new prescribed burn, called Pine Mountain Club, was initiated today at 12:52 p.m. in Kern County, California. The ...

Yet another cyclist has been hit and killed on one of Kern County's deadliest streets -- Union Avenue. But the driver who hit him was an on-duty Bakersfield Fire arson investigator.