Protecting individual houses is not enough. We need to rethink how we design entire neighborhoods and communities. When a ...

Connor Creates fashioned a pair of shoes made out of flame retardant pineapple skin so he could walk through fire.

The gearing up for World War II sparked an unprecedented surge in asbestos use, as the military required vast quantities of this fire-resistant material for shipbuilding, aircraft production and ...

Just after 1:30 p.m. on Friday, crews responded to a report of a fire on a porch in the 500 block of S. Main Street in Fond du Lac.

The Polson City Commission authorized city staff to explore a potential land transfer or purchase with Cougar Ridge Development that could provide property to build a second fire station. Fire Chief ...

Vinyl siding is the most commonly used type in America, but it's a poor option for fire-prone areas. Instead, consider these ...

As wildfires ravage California and climate change intensifies extreme weather events across the United States, an innovative building material is gaining traction: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). W ...

A USD professor designs an innovative solution to California's housing crisis: a sustainable, fire-resistant home assembled ...

A third of American homes, or about 48 million properties, are at risk of wildfires. Here's how to protect yours.

Back in Pacific Palisades, where one of the most destructive L.A. fires raged earlier this month, Joe Cilic has plans to rebuild his home. The day after the real-estate broker fled his home, which was ...

The house that Michael Kovac built is the only one on his street still standing after a huge fire raced through his Los Angeles neighborhood.

Facing the uncertainties of droughts, wildfires, blackouts, poor air quality, mudslides and flooding, here are some ideas ...