We're fortunate in Travis County that around 95% (or more) of the wildland fires we respond ... fires can move at speeds that make a direct attack nearly impossible. Our local conditions might ...

And strong Santa Ana winds are about to make things worse, potentially erasing fire crews' progress in containing the fires. "Lots of times on a wildland fire assignment, you're either on the defense ...

L.A. had no specialized wildland ... Yet as fire swept down from the Santa Monica mountains last week, L.A. still had no professional unit ready to aid in the initial attack, according to a ...

Austinites should be forward-thinking — learning from others' successes and failures. Wildfires demand a whole-community approach.