The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District (NLTFPD) announces that the newly adopted 2024 Lake Tahoe Nevada Fire Code and 2024 Lake Tahoe Nevada Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Code will officially ...

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California wildland firefighters are willing to wear respirators despite concerns about mobility and safety, according to new ...

PARK CITY — Several homeowners around the Pinebrook subdivision are taking advantage of state grant money from Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative to protect their homes from potential wildfire.

COLUMBIA, MD - UL Research Institutes and its Fire Safety Research Institute announced a new firefighter training course to address the threats found in the wildland urban interface, also known as WUI ...

Firefighters help control the spread of the Auto Fire in Oxnard, northwest of Los Angeles, California - Copyright AFP ETIENNE LAURENT Firefighters help control the ...

Oregon property owners who are receiving notices from the state that their property is in a zone with high wildfire risk and in a designated wildland-urban interface have until March 7, 2025 to submit ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Close to 60,000 structures across Utah are considered at "high risk" for being impacted by wildfires, putting some homeowners on the path to pay new fees, according to a new state map ...

A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...