Californians live in the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...

The causes of about 45% of fires handled by Cal Fire in County from 2019 through 2023 are either ‘undetermined’ or classified ...

Cal Fire and local agencies are investigating several recent fires in the region, including the Border 2 Fire that has burned ...

CalFire’s incident homepages include maps of the current fire perimeters, acreage, areas under mandatory evacuation orders and those under evacuation warnings. Palisades Fire Incident Home Page Eaton ...

During his career with CAL FIRE, Brand worked on both municipal and wildland assignments in Northern and Southern California. He was an Air Attack Officer, Type 1 Incident Commander, Operations ...

A fire in the Santa Maria Riverbed Tuesday afternoon that charred 8 acres and sent smoke billowing into the sky was a wildland fire ... information officer for Cal Fire San Luis Obispo.

Cal Fire’s mandate is to fight “wildland” fires in uninhabited areas, but, according to Farr, “Because of the way global warming is working and the way the temperatures are higher ...

BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) crews have returned to B.C. after two weeks of supporting the California Department of Forestry ...

As a result, incident command decisions and wildfire containment are delayed, possibly contributing to human illness and injury, including deaths, environmental impacts, and property damages.

The goal is to track how wildland and urban interface firefighters’ extreme conditions increase their risk of cancer. The initiative is a collaboration with Cal Fire, the National Firefighter ...

Judson Boomhower, assistant professor in the economics department of UC San Diego, on the wildland urban interface Since 2018, Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency, has inspected all of the ...