With summer wildfire season just around the corner, California’s fire officials on Thursday unveiled a powerful new tool to help reduce ... 4,000 gallons of fire retardant, more than triple ...

The Ancient Roots of Fire-Resistant Landscaping Long before California ... They didn’t fear it—they used it as a tool. Through carefully planned, low-intensity burns, tribes like the Chumash ...

As climate-driven disasters intensify, experts spotlight metal's critical role in fire-resistant, resilient building design.

Hotshots typically hike in and camp outside a fire’s perimeter, using chain saws, shovels and other tools to limit the ... also be used for dispensing fire retardant, for crew transport and ...

As wildfire threats grow more severe across the western and southern U.S., Mercury Insurance continues to provide tips to help homeowners proactively reduce their risk. With decades of ...

The ease of accessing so much information should be a wake-up call for residents as the threat of wildland fires in Montana ...

Even homes built to code with fire-resistant treatments may not be enough to withstand extreme fire conditions. This raises an important question: why aren’t we building more homes with fire ...

On April 24, Richard Stennes, a resident of Calle del Oro in La Jolla, held an impromptu meeting about the spray, which is applied to brush and trees in canyons and open spaces. It is made of water ...

That's because California is one of the few states with building codes that require using fire-resistant materials in places prone to wildfires. Still, thousands of other homeowners in the urban ...