Basement fires can be complex and challenging incidents. Basements typically have limited means of entry, egress and ventilation. Many are finished by homeowners. Although the layout that the ...

Forest and fire experts are calling for wildfire prevention tactics like fuel treatments and prescribed burns to be prioritized as fire seasons become more severe. The off-season effort is worth it in ...

The fire service is built on foundational tactics of firefighting that have been refined and proven over the past 100 years to work and control fires most of the time. However, there are rare ...

Oregon utilities shut down power to tens of thousands of customers on Friday as dry easterly winds swept into the region in the hopes that it would lessen the risk of wildfires in extremely dry and ...

Wild bushfires in Australia are typically seen as environmental disasters that are highly damaging to all the wildlife in their paths. However, as is often the case with nature, the situation is more ...

Lacking trucks and gear, a civil servant once destined for the priesthood now uses WhatsApp groups to direct volunteers who must manually carry river water through dense forest to tackle record blazes ...