Austin Fire Department celebrates new city’s latest Firewise community
Firewise USA national program that provides a collaborative framework for neighborhoods to mitigate wildfire risk. Walnut Creek Enclave will be the 21st community in Austin to become a Firewise ...
Corpus Christi firefighters return from battling California wildfires
Three Corpus Christi firefighters recently returned from California, where they helped battle the wildfires in the Pacific ...
Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Colorado's newest fire department faces first major test with Douglas County wildfire
CONIFER, Colo. — Colorado’s newest fire department had its first significant test over the weekend as a wildfire broke out in ...
These maps show where US fire danger is the highest this spring. It might not be where you think
“Most precipitation will fall in the Far West, Southwest, Rockies, and eastern U.S., especially Tennessee and surrounding ...
LA flash flood watch: Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger destructive debris flows − a geologist explains how
Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a ...
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Fire Hazard Maps Changing after Altadena, CA, Inferno
with the goal of identifying areas with a heightened risk of wildfire. Eventually, the maps became integral in policymaking: A decade later, the Tunnel fire pushed lawmakers to require residents i ...
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Oregon lawmaker proposes changing revised state wildfire risk map to curb anger and rumors
Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, including one that ...
For most L.A. fire victims, insurance won’t pay enough to rebuild
Experts say homeowners in fire-prone areas are increasingly carrying policies that may not cover the full cost of rebuilding.
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Map Shows Wildfire Risk For 4 States as Strong Winds Hit
A wildfire jumps a fire line on September 1, 2011, in Graford, Texas. A wildfire jumps a fire line on September 1, 2011, in Graford, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Impacted areas include northern ...
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Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season
The Department of the Interior employed 5,780 federal wildland fire personnel in 2024, while the US Forest Service employed over 11,300. Federal firefighters “respond to fires all over the ...