It’s a long way from LA to Chicago, but the world is small if you have friends or relatives in Southern California, or if you simply have empathy for people under duress.

Cal Fire and San Bernardino County Fire officials conducting Pioneertown neighborhood site visits last Fall with local residents to assess wildfir

A week after a large-scale fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay)

California U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Firefighters With Service-Related Cancers

Heating equipment is, unfortunately, one of the leading causes of home fire deaths, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Heating stoves account for 46% of the fires, 76% of deaths, and 72% of the injuries in home fires caused by heating equipment, the NFPA adds.

The fire agencies are helping Pioneertown residents earn designation as a Firewise Community from the National Fire Protection Association. They’ve formed a three-year action plan and accompanied state and county fire personnel on tours of neighborhoods in the 92268 ZIP code to get an idea of how fire-safe properties are.

Wildfires blazing across southern California serve as a stark reminder of the increased demands on fire departments across the country.

D-printed homes are fire-resistant and offer protection from wildfires. What makes these homes fire-resistant? Why should we build them?

With an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires in California, some residents are taking matters into their own hands. But you can protect your home for a lot less.

In recent weeks we’ve been exposed to an onslaught of news, witnessing wildfire activity the likes of which have not been seen in my memory. Death, destruction, and fire activity over thousands of acres has beset Los Angeles communities.

Avoid the trap of thinking about safety as an inconvenience and start thinking of it as an investment in the future.

The president, who has assailed California’s leaders over wildfires, issued the directive in an executive order that was dated Friday but released on Sunday. By Zach Montague and Catrin Einhorn ...