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Marin fire officials praise expanded regulations for wildfire insurance aimed at improving safety standards and lowering the cost of coverage for homeowners and businesses. The new regulations, released Friday by the State Insurance…

KYLE GRILLOT/AFP via Getty Images How wildfires have gotten worse in recent years A series of thunderstorms in mid-August 2020 hit Northern California, an area already experiencing a severe drought season, starting what would…

Vice President Kamala Harris, pictured at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, will deliver a speech this afternoon in California on federal efforts to prevent wildfires. Pool photo by Greg Nash/UPI |…

Writer Says 'California Honeymoon Is Over For Its People Now That Wildfires Are Almost Constant' Parker Creek Fire, December 15, 2021. Photo by Texas Forest Service. Sunday night as I watched the Season 4 finale of Yellowstone,…

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One hundred and fifty years ago, the Jamaica Fire Department was established after the city of Kingston was hit by a series of large fires. The service was officially launched in October 1871 to meet the country's need for an…

According to Fire Chief Jim Ogloff, thanks to thousands of dollars in grants, the city can now focus on mitigating risks in the most vulnerable neighborhoods. It has been almost 15 years since Coquitlam made any updates to its…

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A powerful storm plagued southern California on Tuesday, inundating the drought-stricken state with desperately needed rains, but also triggering rescue efforts on a swollen river and mandatory evacuations due…

In northern Minnesota, nothing can beat the stunning views - and the rush - of climbing a fire tower. Reaching 100 feet in the sky, there were once nearly 150 of these steel lookouts guarding the forests prone to state fires. Today only…

Firefighters respond to the Parley's Canyon blaze as the blaze rages near I-80 on August 14. The blaze was…

Amid the wave of giant fires that have burned more than 6 million acres of land in the United States this year alone, the theft of private UAVs in emergency areas has been repeatedly accused of having hampered efforts to…

By James L. Cummins October is National Fire Prevention Month and National Fire Prevention Week is celebrated from October 3-9, 2021. This year's theme “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety…

VACAVILLE (CBS13) - A blustery start to the week forced PG&E to shut off power to thousands of homes to prevent possible forest fires.A little over a year ago, the LNU complex fire was burning along Cherry Glen Road in Vacaville,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wildfires in northern California may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias as they swept through groves of majestic monarchs in Sierra Nevada, an official said on Wednesday. “It's…

Twenty New York State wildland firefighters were welcomed into their home by Governor Kathy Hochul after a two-week mission to fight the KNP Complex fire in California.The firefighters were led by DEC forest guards.Last month, Hochul also…

Forest fires force evacuations of citizens from two Sask. First Nations. On Thursday, approximately 440 members of the Shoal Lake Cree Nation were evacuated to Prince Albert. “An evacuation order was something we…

CASPER, Wyoming. - The flags of the United States and the state of Wyoming are at half mast Sunday as part of the national day of recognition for firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial…

Letter to the editor During the summer, 343 homes were destroyed by forest fires in British Columbia. This is a sobering figure. After a tough fire season like this, journalists and governments often talk about statistics - acres burned,…

Scenes from this summer's devastating forest fires in southern Europe reverberated around the world. Acres of olive groves reduced to charcoal. Dead and burnt cattle in blackened fields. "I am ruined", a shepherd from Sardinia in Italy…

BEIJING, Sept.24 (Xinhua) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for strong efforts to prevent forest and grassland fires and avoid casualties during firefighting work during fire-prone seasons. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee…

SANTA FE, New Mexico - September 23, 2021 - The Santa Fe National Forest has experienced above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation for this time of year, raising concerns about the risk of forest fires well beyond…

"Extreme events will become even more extreme" BEND, Oregon (KTVZ) - As of Friday, 1,780 wildfires burned 802,415 acres in Oregon this year. Several Oregon State University drought and fire experts on Tuesday hosted an online…

Lakeview Oregon - Rainfall over the past few days and cooler weather have helped firefighters make great strides towards containment of the Cougar Peak fire. Resources continue to mop up as large fuels in the fire area continue…

As firefighters across California try to contain the state's largest wildfire near Lake Tahoe and new fires threatening ancient giant redwoods near two national parks in the southern Sierra Nevada, hope for relief has definitely died…

Santa Clara County Receives State Funding for Forest Fire Prevention Reports by Greg Liggins of KTVU FOX 2. LOS GATOS, California - Some communities in South Bay are receiving millions of dollars from the state to help prevent forest…

When mega-fires burn in unison and harsh droughts dry out the West, local governments, utilities and businesses are struggling to prevent epidemics, especially as each year results in record destruction. Carrying an unconventional weapon,…

This can happen in an instant, when a spark from an uncontrolled or unsupervised burning ignites vegetation…

Marin County will receive more than $ 2.3 million to hire a new fire prevention team as part of the Legislature's final deal on the state budget last week. The state's $ 262.5 billion operating budget included $ 1.5 billion to prevent and…

Firefighters said the battle against a California fire threatening South Lake Tahoe "continues to look better and better every day."Through DAISY NGUYEN Associated PressSeptember 4, 2021, 9:48 PM• 4 minutes to…

The National Weather Service said satellite images showed smoke from the blaze moving slowly west on Saturday. MORGAN COUNTY, Colorado - Teams are advancing over a burning grass fire near Wiggins that caused…

Firefighter responding to Doctor Creek Wildfire in September 2020 (Provided by the BC Wildfire Service) Fighting forest fires can be a large and dynamic task that may require a…

Forest firefighters on their way to some of the country's largest conflagrations will face reduced supplies in the coming weeks - including water, food and communications equipment - according to two released memos. this week by the…

ATHENS - Firefighters continued to fight fires across Greece on Saturday after another difficult night that saw thousands more flee their homes and hundreds evacuated by sea, as southern Europe grapples with struggling with one of its…

Climate deniers should bow their heads in shame. A series of devastating natural disasters have plagued our planet in recent weeks: from devastating floods in China and Western Europe, to scorching heat waves and…

VARIBOBI, Greece (AP) - Greece evacuated people in boats from an island beach on Wednesday amid thick smoke from a nearby forest fire and fire crews battled for keep the flames away from the birthplace of the ancient Olympics as the…

CHICO, California, July 21, 2021 (ENS) - Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E, is implementing a new initiative to expand burial of power distribution lines in high-risk fire districts. The goal is to further strengthen…

MNR Photo Wildland firefighters show off the new Smokey Bear electronic fire hazard panel in Escanaba. The sign was paid for and put in place through a cooperative effort. The firefighters are, from…

The Darlene Fire threatens structures in central Oregon, forcing rapid evacuations. The blaze reached over 700 acres 2 miles south of La Pine on Monday evening, just five hours after starting at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon.The Darlene Fire…

The situation is leaving federal forestry officials behind.“Instead of the Forest Service being able to get ahead of an area that hasn't burned down and reduce it to a density or…

DENVER (AP) - Colorado wildlife officials on Wednesday urged fishermen to avoid fishing along a stretch of the Colorado River because low flows during a historic drought in the western United States, Extremely hot water temperatures and…

Firefighters often speak of a fire triangle: the three essential ingredients of fire are fuel, oxygen and heat. The western United States has potentially catastrophic levels of highly flammable fuel and a lot of oxygen. It's up to all of…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Forest fires in Montana have exploded, triggering evacuations and destroying an unknown number of homes as high winds fanned the flames and crashed a firefighting helicopter, said officials announced Wednesday.The…