Christiana Care Health System provides a free, downloadable Universal Protocol and fire risk assessment for bedside procedure. The tool was developed as part of a series of materials for use in fire ...

Since La Jolla’s inaugural Fire Safe Council was born in May, leaders of the group have been working to prevent future wildfires in local neighborhoods. The most recent effort took place last week as ...

Post-earthquake fire events represent a significant cascading hazard that can compound the initial damage caused by seismic activity. Building on established performance‐based assessment frameworks, ...

According to the most recent data from the U.S. Fire Administration, there were 110,000 non-residential fires in the country in 2023. They led to 1,200 injuries, 130 deaths, and over $3.16 billion in ...

Last year, wildfires burned 1.9 million acres in Oregon, setting a new record. Since 2020, major river drainages of the Cascades, including the McKenzie, Santiam, and Clackamas rivers, have been ...

Portland Fire Lt. Laurent Picard circled the tree-framed house in an old subdivision on the edge of Forest Park, examining whether the roof, siding, vents and vegetation could withstand an ember storm ...

Only 21% of properties within the Eaton fire perimeter were in Cal Fire’s “very high” fire hazard severity zones. Yet 94% of those properties had “severe” or “extreme” wildfire risk, according to more ...

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Close to 60,000 structures across Utah are considered at "high risk" for being impacted by wildfires, putting some homeowners on the path to pay new fees, according to a new state map ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Great views and great neighbors are what many homeowners look for in a neighborhood. But in a Wildland Urban Interface area, there’s more for a homeowner to consider. One homeowner in ...