A live-fire demonstration showed even on a cloudy and drizzly Oregon day how defensible space and home hardening can protect against fire while buildings without can burn down quickly. The event, led ...

Wildfires can strike at any time, even during the winter months—Shasta County Fire Safe Council reminds the community to make ...

Fire-safe community measures like home hardening and defensible space are proven to save lives in Los Angeles, but only 2% of ...

Wildfire risk is growing across the West, and more people are building homes in places where urban development meets the wild — what’s known as the wildland/urban interface (WUI). So it’s more ...

Lisa Kendall and Doug Spainhower have spent years, along with their neighbors, working to make their neighborhood more safe from wildfires. “The less burnable material that you have, then the more ...

San Diego County’s diverse terrain means some areas are more vulnerable to the risk of wildfire. Jamul is one such area that has been the setting of significant fires, including the 2003 Cedar Fire ...

New regulations will require homeowners to remove combustible materials, including wood fencing, sheds and landscaping, from ...

Rising temperatures and record-setting wildfire activity are changing how Americans think about their outdoor spaces. In January alone, 2,128 fires scorched over 64,000 acres, ranking as the third ...

City leaders in McAlester said they're taking a proactive approach to wildfire prevention in the hopes of reducing the risk ...

At a national level, the relative budget allocation for agencies tasked with fighting wildfires over the last 10 years was 22 ...

The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District (NLTFPD) announces that the newly adopted 2024 Lake Tahoe Nevada Fire Code and 2024 Lake Tahoe Nevada Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Code will officially ...