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

In a strongly worded letter sent to California fire officials last week, 18 firefighting professionals from federal, state and county agencies warned that proposed changes to fire safety road ...

NFPA standards have long been the gold standard for the nation’s fire and rescue service. Over the years, this standard-making body has extended into developing consensus standards for every facet of ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection this week released new fire hazard severity zone maps for dozens of inland Northern California cities and towns — the first updates to maps ...

Thousands of homeowners will soon have to comply with controversial “Zone Zero” regulations that ban flammable material like ...

According to statistics compiled by the National Fire Protection Association, there were 1,348,500 fires reported in the United States in 2009. Fires accounted for 2,695 civilian deaths and 14,740 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County community members and officials are weighing in on Board of Forestry fire safety regulations that — if formalized — could set forth new rules some fire survivors and ...

In the weeks after an overnight fire at a Georgetown kennel killed 75 dogs, a petition calling for greater regulation and oversight of pet boarding facilities has gained more than 18,000 signatures.