A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.

Homeowners who live near the Mountain Fire zone in Ventura County are concerned that the upcoming rain storm will bring charred hillsides tumbling down.

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest severity zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

told ABC News. These agencies include local fire departments run by municipalities, which contain firefighters trained not only in urban, or structural, fires but wildland fires, as well.

The map below shows inspections of buildings conducted by Cal Fire following the Eaton Fire along with the wildland-urban interface, illustrating just how destructive a major conflagration can be ...

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 ... about fire risk in the WUI map,” said ...

So D1 drought is abnormally dry and D2 drought would be exceptionally dry,” SD Wildland Fire Director Jay Wickham said. While crews can’t predict drought conditions like we are seeing right ...

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management field tested DropBlocks with six wildland fire handcrews, suggesting the smaller size and adding point-to-point data communications.

"From Reedley, it's definitely one of the wildland fire programs that we have hired most from," U.S. Forest Service Fire Management Planning Specialist Brian Grabowski said. Current and past ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Fire crews from across the Commonwealth ... The crews made up of DCNR staff and volunteer wildland firefighters, are expected to arrive in California on Monday, helping ...

Baker River Hotshots crew members take in a view of the Methow Valley during a prescribed burn operation in Washington’s Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Credit: Riley Yuan When the wildfires ...

Some 50,000 more people were under evacuation orders Wednesday as another wind-blown wildfire hit California north of Los Angeles. The fires have again renewed focus on dangers in what it known as ...