As wildfires get worse, firefighters are struggling to combat blazes and remain in a job with poor labour conditions.

A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians ... put it another way: Structural fires and wildland fires — and the interface is where the two come together. Just ...

The recent fires in Los Angeles have sparked concerns for residents living in Orange County's high-risk areas, which have ...

Between 1990 and 2020, nearly 45% of the homes built in California have broken ground in what researchers and firefighters call the wildland-urban interface: the hillsides, ravines and canyons where ...

Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem, often goes overlooked. That is, except for when the high severity firestorms blaze through human communities. Chaparral was quickly lambasted during ...

I'm Bobbie Scopa a retired firefighter and fire chief. In my career I've worked for urban fire departments as well as federal wildland fire agencies. I've managed and directed many fires in the ...

For many wildland firefighters ... Jan. 17, 2025 As a firefighter, I first encountered this climate violence in 2020, when a record heatwave caused the Dolan fire in Big Sur to double in size ...

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, ...

A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians ... Structural fires and wildland fires — and the interface is where the two come together.