Its purpose is to show how conditions such as wind speed and direction can affect a fire's spread and to show how firefighters use firelines and backfires to control a wildland fire.

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

Improving access to information for wildland fire incident operations would improve public safety through effective fire containment. Funded through a Cooperative Agreement with the National Institute ...

Oregon property owners who are receiving notices from the state that their property is in a zone with high wildfire risk and in a ...

A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...