The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection began rolling out a long-awaited update to its fire hazard severity zones Monday, which is set to more than double the number of acres in ...

Only 21% of properties within the Eaton fire perimeter were in Cal Fire’s “very high” fire hazard severity zones. Yet 94% of those properties had “severe” or “extreme” wildfire risk ...

Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every ...

CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the city unmarked. Entire blocks of homes in Altadena were destroyed ...

HEADLINES. SEND STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. WELL, CHANGES COULD BE COMING TO LOCAL BUILDING CODES IN YOUR AREA AS THE STATE HAS UPDATED ITS FIRE HAZARD ZONES. CAL FIRE IS ROLLING OUT NEW MAPS THIS ...

Nearly 8,000 American-made space heaters were recalled in the U.S. after officials found they could cause electric shock and fire hazards. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday ...

While Iowa, Wisconsin, and southeastern Minnesota saw snow and ice yesterday and overnight, we missed out on that first snowstorm of the season by just a few hundred miles.  I am sure there will ...

Artificial trees, especially older or non-certified models, are not entirely without risk. While many are made from flame-retardant materials, they can still catch fire under certain conditions, such ...

Vornado VH2 heaters recalled on January 16 due to potential fire hazards and electrical risks (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) “Vornado is voluntarily recalling certain VH2 Whole Room ...

A recall notice has been issued for a popular battery-powered lawn mower because of a possible fire hazard. Hundreds of thousands of RYOBI 40 Volt Brushless 21-inch Cordless Walk-Behind Mowers ...

Flammable cladding on several council tower blocks in Bristol could be removed more quickly than was initially hoped. A fire in 2022 led to fears that many of the dated blocks of flats were clad in ...