Tree-mounted sensors and new satellites promise a way to detect wildfires before they get out of hand—but no early detection ...

While tech can help spot and manage a fire, human judgement is still required to quickly react to changing conditions.

MAFFS, or Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems, transforms a military transport into an aerial firefighter. In an interview ...

A new wildfire forecasting system that updates using real-time weather data could help firefighters protect lives and ...

It's here, near a popular hiking trial, where officials believe the Palisades fire began around 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7. The remnants of thousands of burned-out homes line the path the flames took down from ...

Community groups, First Nations and entrepreneurs can all find opportunities to protect their communities and support a vital local industry. Intensive forest practices like thinning and brush removal ...

Authorities are trying to find two men who were spotted on security footage stealing fire equipment from a U.S. Forest Service vehicle in San Bernardino County.

You can’t even call the LA fires a warning shot. Rather, they are merely the latest episode in a rapidly unfolding story.

"We’d put the fire out, and then the next day it would pop up again,” says Gregory Rathbun, equipment manager with the Rhode Island Forest Fire ... “It's about fighting fires, and not ...

RI just endured a record-setting stretch of wildfires driven by weather extremes. Here's why burning forests might be the ...