A live-fire demonstration showed even on a cloudy and drizzly Oregon day how defensible space and home hardening can protect against fire while buildings without can burn down quickly. The event, led ...

The Oregon State Fire Marshal is urging Oregonians to take a few simple steps to create defensible space around their homes.

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Last year, Oregon had one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in its history—1.9 million acres burned, communities were tested, and lives were changed. But amid the ...

An active wildfire season is expected in Arizona after a dry winter and windy spring. They are urging communities to prepare by clearing brush and debris, creating defensible space and having escape ...

It’s perhaps an odd shift after all this rain to think about wildfires, but as any Californian knows, things will dry up again. Fires are an ever-present threat. One basic way to protect yourself as a ...

Officials from Cal Fire and other organizations finished off Wildfire Preparedness Week in Paradise Friday, emphasizing home ...

It's Wildfire Preparedness Week and Cal Fire is encouraging you to create a defensible space around your home, starting with ...

Saratoga passed new rules for tree removal last month to better protect homes and neighborhoods from wildfire risk. Homeowners throughout the city can remove trees planted within 5 feet of their home ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A fire demolished a garage and damaged several other outbuildings in Salt Lake City, but was contained before spreading to other structures, thanks to the property owner ...

Deschutes County may adopt the state’s model of what defensible space should look like around homes in the county. It has implications for how property owners landscape their properties and for the ...

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