Wildfire smoke is an environmental pollutant that impacts large regions, making it a true population-level hazard.

U.S. land managers have long known that they have a problem on their hands with overgrown forests and persistent drought.

A major forest restoration and wildfire mitigation project aimed at protecting the drinking water for Fort Collins and Walden ...

Rancho Palos Verdes has already started its FEMA-funded buyout program for homes destroyed by the land movement.

The Trump administration has repeatedly denied disaster mitigation funding to states hit by extreme weather events, another step in President Donald Trump’s plan to downsize and phase out the Federal ...

Cooke County Commissioners approved the 2025 edition of the county hazard mitigation plan. This plan helps the community plan for future emergencies and come up with ways to reduce risk in the ...

The Del Mar City Council approved the first reading of an updated fire hazard severity zone map during its June 2 meeting. In Del Mar, 81% of parcels are located within a fire hazard severity zone,… ...

Fire crews are still working to contain the Post Fire, burning 148 acres, 14 miles west of Powell Junction near Highway 12 in Idaho.Officials report 120 firefig ...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee of Pittsfield has developed a comprehensive Hazard Mitigation Plan Update that identifies and prioritizes strategies to mitigate ...

Lamphere said a hazard mitigation plan helps create less financial strain on the community. “Basically, for every dollar that is spent on mitigation, it saves between 6 and $8 on future damage ...

Oklahoma depends heavily on FEMA for disaster recovery and emergency aid, but proposed federal cuts and leadership resignations threaten the agency’s future role in the state.

He is building a machine-learning model that not only predicts wildfire impacts on soil and informs post-fire hazard mitigation but also answers fundamental scientific questions about the strength of ...