California Expert Advises Simple Steps To Protect Homes From Wildfires Learn how homeowners in California can protect their properties from wildfires by taking proactive steps and implementing simple changes. Top News · Jan 10, 2025
Women Train To Fight Fire With Fire In Portugal Women from around the world gathered in northwest Portugal this week to practise a traditional technique of deliberately burning land to prevent the kind of wildfires -- intensified by climate change -- that have killed hundreds across Europe. International Business Times · Feb 9, 2024
California escaped deadly wildfires this summer. The danger isn’t over yet An unusually wet winter tamped down conditions so far in 2023, but experts say the state can’t afford to rely on luck The Guardian - US · Sep 3, 2023
‘Double-edged sword’: why the badly needed rains in California could fuel catastrophic fires Downpours bumped California out of the most extreme categories of drought, but the storms also left behind a dangerous mess The Guardian - US · Feb 13, 2023
Forest Service resumes prescribed fire program, but some fear new rules will delay projects LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service is resuming its prescribed burning program with new rules that it says will minimize the risk of fires escaping control and damaging communities. The announcement comes after a 90-day pause prompted by a pair of escaped burns that merged into the largest wildfire… Los Angeles Times · Sep 13, 2022