The fire danger has also prompted fire crews across the state to prepare. That prep work includes contacting other states to ask if they can help. There is also massive coordination in the state to ...

Governor Laura Kelly issued a state of disaster emergency proclamation Thursday morning due to increased fire weather conditions lasting throughout the weekend.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Fire crews in Kansas are on high alert, concerned that high fire danger and strong wind gusts could create a damaging situation. KSN looks into what fire departments are doing ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -A new wellness initiative will help local firefighters get yearly cancer screenings and receive preventative care for other job-related health risks. The program, announced ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Wichita Fire Department is sponsoring a contest to get ideas from the public on a name ...

AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a Fire Weather Watch for extreme grassland fire danger, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening.

When Dan Glickman, Clinton’s agriculture secretary, was tapped during the 1997 State of the Union, his hometown of Wichita, ...

SEDGWICK COUNTY —The Wichita Fire Department battled a two-alarm fire at a vacant building on Saturday afternoon. Shortly after 4 pm the fire department was called to a fire in the area of Ninth ...