All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware.

The Colorado Springs Fire Department is warning residents to take wildfire risk seriously and take steps now to protect their ...

Officials warn even small fires can spread rapidly, Burn bans give crews power to cite and hold violators accountable.

fire-safe building codes increased 76% in Southern California areas protected by local firefighters, new state hazard maps released Monday, March 24, show. The number in the highest tier — the ...

Five years ago, California was reeling from the Camp Fire, the country’s deadliest wildfire in a century. State lawmakers responded by mandating new building requirements to protect homes in ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released updated fire-hazard severity-zone maps for Los Angeles County for the first time in over a decade on Monday, adding more than ...

spreading the danger into densely populated neighborhoods. They cover only cities and towns where local fire departments manage wildfire response, assigning a hazard score based on the likelihood ...

Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or “very high” danger of wildfires.

State officials in California have unveiled new fire hazard maps for Southern California ... are living in high-risk fire danger zones. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...

Australia, a country prone to extreme weather-related hazards, has a new nationally standardised Australian Fire Danger Rating System, and the Australian Warning System to help communities and ...