Training in advance was prescient for helicopter crews who battled the recent Los Angeles wildfires, which devastated the region during what typically is the offseason for California forest fires.

Several National Academies reports offer information and insights on ways to operate safely in burned environments for those ...

Cal Fire has released a long-awaited set of updated maps outlining the fire hazard severity zones in Marin County and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Marin fire officials say the maps, while mostly showing ...

The law applies to buildings in the highest fire severity zone. Governor signs executive order that could affect thousands of ...

A study forecasts that the Los Angeles County wildfires could inflict up to $9 billion in economic damage to the region over ...

Newly revealed details from an arrest warrant describe the final moments of a California fire captain found fatally stabbed in her California home last week. Authorities allege her wife carried ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, USDA Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, and Sierra Pacific Industries ...

The U.S. Forest Service and Sierra Pacific Industries, one of the largest private landowners in California and across the ...

The federal wildland firefighting force is currently split between five land management agencies – the Forest Service (under ...

In his January budget proposal, Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended that $325 million of the bond money should be allocated in the ...

The U.S. is home to 63 national parks, which are areas of land protected by the federal government. How many of these parks ...