Merced Fire Captain Bryan Akers, 45, has been with the Merced City Fire Department for 22 years. But it was during his deployment on Jan. 8 to assist with the firefighting efforts at the Hurst ...

Eight members of the Merced City Fire Department have been deployed to assist in the firefighting effort of wildfires raging in southern California. On Jan. 8, the department sent two fire engines ...

A new prescribed burn, called South Marsh 2, was initiated today at 11:55 a.m. in Merced County. The prescribed fire has been ...

We were on the same dirt road out in the middle of nowhere, and I just kind of took the opportunity to go say hi to my boy," Bryan Akers, a captain with the Merced Fire Department, told Fox News ...

was initiated today at 11:25 a.m. in Merced County. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At present, information regarding the ...