Fire victims’ experiences, and damning grand jury findings, depict a county government unprepared to meet the needs of ...

The CZU inferno destroyed about 700 homes in Santa Cruz County. Of those, 127 residences have been rebuilt and another 134 are under construction, according to the county.

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at ...

Eagle County is at risk of experiencing a large-scale wildfire. “We’ve always been and we probably always will be,” said Hugh ...

Volunteer firefighters for the Boulder Creek Fire District are joined by reinforcements from other California fire departments to battle the CZU August Lightning Complex fire on Aug. 20 ...

A third of the San Mateo County Fire Department is made up of volunteers, an exception to the norm in the Bay Area.

Volunteer firefighter for the Boulder Creek Fire District Jaden Keil-Ribera ... When called upon — with California Fire Academy Class I certification — they can even assist in fighting ...

Catastrophic wildfire is not exclusively a problem for communities surrounded by National Forests. Nor is there a confined fire season anymore.

As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas such as Boulder, Colorado and Lahaina, Hawaii, public water systems are often unable to meet the demand of fighting these large fires.

"John Fisher, a retired battalion chief with San Diego Fire-Rescue, said California is among the ... water from the Colorado River and Boulder Creek into pipes to restore pressure.