A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, police said.

Coweta County Fire Rescue is mourning the loss of own of their own. Authorities say 54-year-old James Bartholomew Cauthen, who served as a Battalion Chief was killed in Alabama Sunday. He was a ...

The crisis underscores efforts to look beyond the forests and public lands that have been the traditional focus of wildfire risk to more community-based mitigation efforts involving homeowners, ...