Analysis - Winter in some parts of South Africa is a time of low (or no) rainfall and high fire danger. Sheldon Strydom studies the relationship between weather and fire, in particular how Berg winds, ...

Prescription opioid abuse and its downstream effects have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved a step closer to providing help to ...

As the Madre Fire dwindles down, the acreage burned shows it’s clearly the largest fire in the state so far this year, but ...

Tucson Fire Department has added 33 new faces to its roster, following academy graduations on Thursday.

Battalion Chiefs John Morrison and Frank Harwood died after responding to an intentionally set brush fire and shot by a man.

Firefighters will conduct a prescribed burn Thursday morning in Amador County, the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit. Smoke may ...

The Forest Service's new chief recently published a letter that called for wildfires to be suppressed "as swiftly as possible ...

The Forest Service's new chief recently published a letter that called for wildfires to be suppressed "as swiftly as possible ...

The Rancho fire in Laguna Beach was extinguished by Wednesday, July 9. But city fire chief cautions resident to stay vigilant ...

Opinion: Each year we see larger and more severe fires and smoke. It threatens our lives. Municipal and agricultural ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Val Hoyle, both of Oregon, introduced companion bills to create the $30 billion mandatory funding to be allocated among federal land management agencies. In addition, the ...