Following the North Bay fires of 2017, San Rafael put more focus on wildfire prevention, officials said. In 2019, the City Council approved a 38-point wildfire prevention plan.

The recent LA fires drove home how dangerous wildfires can be when they encroach on urban areas. So-called 'wildland-urban interface' fires are on the rise. However, building codes and standards have ...

The Whatcom County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan does include a section on wildland fire and the county adopted a wildland fire-specific action plan in November 2023. But Whatcom County is still ...

Evacuation Report Warns of Major Risk Ignored by County By David Bolling An authoritative study released Monday by a Sonoma ...

Applegate Valley Fire District is celebrating the purchase of a "new to them" Type 3 Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) engine.

Large-scale fire events are on the rise, from the flames that raged for days across LA, to the widespread devastation seen in ...

400-cup day is similar to what a water system may experience on a day with high customer demand in addition to a few isolated structure fires or a small wildland-urban interface fire that is ...