The City of Midway could lose its only firehouse after the interim chief and most of the volunteer firefighting force resigned Monday evening. A Georgia fire compliance officer has sent the city a letter giving it 30 days from that point to get the department back into compliance.

California has set up a permanent task force of National Guard members to do what used to be occasional work fighting and preventing wildfires.

"Inmates who have stood on the frontlines, battling historic fires should not be denied the right to later become a professional firefighter," Gov. Gavin Newsom said upon signing the bill on Friday.