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Fire districts face funding crisis, lawmakers seek solutions
Key Points: Fire districts face critical failure without alternative funding source Firefighters are leaving districts for municipal level jobs Lawmakers propose using private ambulance companies for rural EMS services Firefighters […]
Rural Arizona understaffed, underfunded ahead of wildfire season
Key Points: Rural fire districts are asking state lawmakers for more funding to fix staffing issues Voters had an opportunity in 2022 to fund fire districts but voted against it […]
Governors prod Congress for more help on growing threat of wildfire in West
WASHINGTON – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and 19 other Western governors are prodding Congress to move more urgently to address a wildfire crisis that has grown worse in recent years. […]
Residents in western Arizona return home as wildfire now 45% contained
Evacuation orders for a handful of residents in western Arizona impacted by a wildfire have been lifted.
Over 1,000 evacuees return to homes with brush fire now 30% contained
More than 1,100 people have returned to their homes in northern Scottsdale as firefighters declared a brush fire to be 30% contained.
Train hauling corn syrup derails near Topock; no injuries
A freight train carrying corn syrup - not hazardous materials - derailed in western Arizona, near the state's border with California and Nevada, BNSF Railway said.
Suspicious envelope found at Lake’s Phoenix office
Authorities on Sunday were investigating an envelope that reportedly contained suspicious white powder that was opened at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
Fire districts urge voters to support tax hike
Rural firefighters are working to drum up support for a statewide tax increase that would fund rural fire districts. Â
House, Senate panels pass wildfire relief amid debate on climate change
Legislative panels gave initial approval Wednesday to a $100 million plan for fighting fires and their effects, but not before the discussion strayed into the question of climate change and whether humans are responsible for the heat and drought conditions that result in huge blazes.
Yarnell homeowners blocked from suing state
The state’s highest court won’t let homeowners burned out by the Yarnell Hill fire sue the state for negligence. And that, according to an attorney for those affected, has bad implications for others who own property throughout the state.
$11M sought to fix, replace old, inoperable fire alarms in state buildings, prisons
More than $11 million in the governor’s budget proposal would address fire alarm systems in the state’s buildings and prisons that are getting old, outdated and in various stages of failure.
Fireworks legislation a disaster waiting to happen
Arizona heads into summer 2016 with forecasts once again showing a potentially charring fire season ahead.
