Regional fire officials fielded questions from Mendocino County residents Wednesday on how to prepare their homes and ...

DISTRIBUTED..CREATING FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MORE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES THE CENTRAL COAST. # HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST THE MONTEREY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BONNY DOON FIRE SAFE COUNCIL ARE TWO OF ...

Saratoga passed an update to its tree removal policies to encourage residents to create defensible space around their homes ...

Lisa Kendall and Doug Spainhower have spent years, along with their neighbors, working to make their neighborhood more safe from wildfires. “The less burnable material that you have, then the more ...

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 ...

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District will begin a project to create defensible space around its infrastructure sites to safeguard water systems from wildfire damage, starting Oct. 27. The San Lorenzo ...

According to Cal Fire, "Defensible space is the buffer between your structure and the surrounding area." The space acts as a barrier to stutter the progress of a fire near a property and help ensure ...

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 ...

Controversial new state regulations requiring removal of vegetation and other combustible materials from within 5 feet of homes in high fire-hazard areas — called Zone Zero rules — received a mostly ...

Living in a wildfire prone area like Shasta County, the danger of losing one’s homeowners insurance is ever-present. But if you live in an unincorporated area of the county, complying with the updated ...