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The reality is that public water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, as High Country News noted in this January 2025 ...
Austin City Council on Thursday approved several amendments to city code that would change building requirements in the city. Those changes included some ways to make Austin more fire-resistant ...
Almost a week after a large fire took out a home in Paradise Valley, ABC15 wanted to look into how firefighters are ...
The Avenues Community Council recently sent neighbors info about fire protection, noting that more than 1,500 Avenues residents are highly vulnerable due to their proximity to the wildland urban ...
The maps are intended to be proactive, rather than reactive. Cal Fire said they are to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction, natural hazard real estate ...
2025 — New research quantifies the health risks of wildland-urban interface fires, showing fire emissions in populated areas are three times more likely to lead to annual premature deaths than ...
KULA, Hawaii — The car tires, propane tanks, gas generators and rusty appliances heaped on the side of a dirt road waiting to be hauled away filled Desiree Graham with relief. “That means all ...
Urban residents, ensnared by a devastating disease, plead for assistance. Can you develop a remedy? Will you uncover and ...
“It’s ugly, but it’s pretty beautiful to me,” said Graham, a member of Kahikinui’s Firewise committee, part of a rapidly growing program from the nonprofit National Fire Protection ... sit within the ...