Californians live in the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.
Fire spotters used to watch with binoculars from forest towers. Now, technology can help forecast fire behavior, but human ...
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
Oregon property owners who are receiving notices from the state that their property is in a zone with high wildfire risk and in a ...
For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention ...
Despite the monumental deluge Helene dumped on the region in late September and the catastrophic flooding, officials have ...
PENDLETON, Ore. - Homeowners in Oregon are receiving letters from the state of Oregon through the Oregon Department of ...
The yearslong process to produce a map that designates ... space or using fire-resistant building materials due to a high wildfire risk and location within the wildland-urban interface.
The service uses information gathered from first responders, radio scanners, wildfire cameras, and satellites to deliver up-to-date information on wildfires. Watch Duty was created in 2021 by a ...
You can’t even call the LA fires a warning shot. Rather, they are merely the latest episode in a rapidly unfolding story.