Izzy Romero is your community news reporter covering northern San Luis Obispo County, including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero, and Santa Margarita. Jeni White’s Atascadero home was ...

Jennifer Letz was a teenager living in Bend when the 1990 Awbrey Hall Fire tore through 22 homes and thousands of acres on the city’s west side. She watched the smoke column rise from the edge of town ...

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District will begin a project to create defensible space around its infrastructure sites to safeguard water systems from wildfire damage, starting Oct. 27. The San Lorenzo ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — What you can do to reduce wildfire danger and protect your property is part of a wildfire protection plan Pima County is developing. Wildland firefighters worry when you have ...

BRIMSON, Minn. — When the Camp House Fire burned through Susan Dettweiler’s property in May, it seared the forest surrounding her home. The fire eventually burned through 12,000 acres and destroyed ...

ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. – The Firewise and Fire Adapted Communities Program in Zephyr Heights held two community work days this week, in which volunteers and neighbors came together to create defensible ...

BOTHELL, Wash. — A brush fire Wednesday came dangerously close to surrounding homes and re-ignited concerns among neighbors about nearby areas where the vegetation is overgrown. Some of that property ...

According to Cal Fire, "Defensible space is the buffer between your structure and the surrounding area." The space acts as a barrier to stutter the progress of a fire near a property and help ensure ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A fire demolished a garage and damaged several other outbuildings in Salt Lake City, but was contained before spreading to other structures, thanks to the property owner ...

San Diego County’s diverse terrain means some areas are more vulnerable to the risk of wildfire. Jamul is one such area that has been the setting of significant fires, including the 2003 Cedar Fire ...

DISTRIBUTED..CREATING FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MORE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES THE CENTRAL COAST. # HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST THE MONTEREY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BONNY DOON FIRE SAFE COUNCIL ARE TWO OF ...