The investigative minds at How to Survive show how to create a "defensible space" around your home and the best way to seal ...

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 ...

As the western Colorado wildfires are getting closer to being contained, it’s a good time to think about how prepared you and your family are for a disaster. You can’t completely eliminate the risk of ...

With wildfire season fast approaching, Riverside Fire Department officials will be initiating citywide inspections to ensure residential and commercial properties maintain appropriate “defensible ...

ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. – The Firewise and Fire Adapted Communities Program in Zephyr Heights held two community work days this week, in which volunteers and neighbors came together to create defensible ...

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 ...

Oregon cities including Ashland and Sisters have recently adopted new home hardening requirements in their development codes, ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A fire demolished a garage and damaged several other outbuildings in Salt Lake City, but was contained before spreading to other structures, thanks to the property owner ...

DISTRIBUTED..CREATING FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MORE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES THE CENTRAL COAST. # HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST THE MONTEREY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BONNY DOON FIRE SAFE COUNCIL ARE TWO OF ...

Prepare a "go bag" with essential items like documents, medications, clothes and first-aid supplies. Stock a larger emergency kit with a three-day supply of nonperishable food and three gallons of ...