The best fire-resistant trees are adapted to halt the progress of flames or at least slow down the fire. They tend to have a ...

Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue is offering free green waste collection events this fall to help Washoe County residents ...

El Dorado County is soliciting public input on its update to the Western El Dorado Community Wildfire Protection Plan, a critical, community-driven planning document designed to identify and evaluate ...

Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue (TMFR) is hosting Green Waste Collection Days to help residents create defensible space around ...

As wildfires abound in California, the state faces a mounting insurance crisis. Dave Jones, director of the Center for Law, ...

PARADISE, Calif. - The town of Paradise said 90% of the properties in the town comply with defensible space requirements. The ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD) is proud to announce a grant award for the Lompoc Valley Fuel Reduction Phase II Project, where SBCFD ...

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The wildfire in Lahaina, Maui spread through extreme winds and intense heat. Still, a handful of houses were untouched thanks ...

If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are ...

Space planes could become a reality if one company achieves its goal. Radian Aerospace has plans to test its Radian One space plane over the next few years. Radian's model differs from multi-stage ...

It's been over a decade! A lot can change in a decade and if you played 2011’s Warhammer 40K: Space Marine at launch, it has been OVER a decade since you first experienced the game’s narrative ...