Wildfires have become one of the costliest natural disasters in the world, destroying homes, businesses and critical infrastructure while leaving governments and insurers with massive bills. The ...

CAL FIRE has launched a new mobile platform designed to give Californians real-time information about wildfires and other emergencies directly from public safety agencies. The new platform, called ...

Canada's 2023 wildfire season burned more than 18.5 million hectares (45.7 million acres), an area larger than Greece. As fires like these grow more frequent and unpredictable, a team of UBC Okanagan ...

Wildfires can get a frightening head start. A small ignition in remote terrain can grow while firefighters are still trying to reach it. Now, a new generation of AI firefighting drones could help ...

Claire O'Connor had a hard time believing her Pacific Palisades, CA, home carried any real wildfire risk—even after her insurance policy was dropped in November 2024. “I mean, as if our house is going ...

This summer, as smoke from wildfires raging across Canada blanketed Boston, at times casting a sepia-toned haze over the city, a team of researchers from the School of Public Health have been ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today is the final day any wildfire liability legislation can be put in print. Every Fire Survivor's Network and Consumer Watchdog issued the ...

As utilities worldwide strengthen their networks against wildfire risk, the industry has faced a persistent challenge: the lack of a low cost, simple and repeatable method for objectively comparing ...

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