Wildfires can strike at any time, even during the winter months—Shasta County Fire Safe Council reminds the community to make sure your home is protected year-round. When it comes to protecting your ...

Poway residents had a sneak peek of plans by wildfire prevention officials to prepare them for a new program that aims to make homes safer and aligned with insurance requirements. The Home Ignition ...

As Wildfire Awareness Month begins, Mercury Insurance outlines how changing wildfire behavior is reshaping home protection and what homeowners should do differently today While defensible space has ...

Some of California's most destructive wildfires have changed the way homeowners think about their own space. Marin County residents Anita Brock and her husband Steve Kaplan are among them. They live ...

A live-fire demonstration showed even on a cloudy and drizzly Oregon day how defensible space and home hardening can protect against fire while buildings without can burn down quickly. The event, led ...

PARADISE — Officials from Cal Fire and other organizations finished off Wildfire Preparedness Week in Paradise Friday, emphasizing home hardening and defensible space as important ways to keep homes ...

RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL/KCBS) — The Riverside City Council passed an ordinance requiring 100 feet of defensible space around buildings in high-hazard fire zones. The ordinance also requires more ...