A lawsuit filed Dec. 23 provides 75 examples of building plans seemingly in violation of fire safety regulations designed to ...

Overloaded Extension Cords and Power Strips Plugging too many devices into a single power strip or using an extension cord as ...

About 70% of Milwaukee's high-rise buildings aren't required to have a sprinkler system. Experts share some life-saving tips.

The Ohio State Fire Marshal is advising Ohio residents using live Christmas trees to ensure that trees are removed from the ...

Two Franklin hotels were forcibly closed on New Year’s Eve due to uncorrected fire alarm outages.

From laptops to vapes, lithium‑ion devices are driving emergency landings and evacuations as airlines push for stronger rules ...

New fire prevention rules are set to take effect in February for San Diego homeowners, banning flammable items — like plants, ...

Wildfire smoke from the Palisades and Eaton fires blankets Los Angeles County. Four wildfires released towering plumes of smoke and soot, some of them seen from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in ...

Staffing shortages and ineffective ways of ensuring contractors comply with safety standards threaten to derail fire ...

Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 laying out fire hazard zones across the state. Soledad Natural ...

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and ...

Do you live in a high fire hazard zone? CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara County and the rest of the state, showing land in moderate, high or very high hazard zones.