As wildfire season fast approaches, Riverside Fire Department officials are initiating citywide inspections to ensure residential and commercial properties maintain appropriate “defensible space,” ...

California state laws mandating an ember-resistant, 5-foot buffer zone from the outside edge of a building — will start being ...

The State of California has an extensive history in dealing with the effects of wildfire, a year-round issue and concern now for communities from San Diego to Eureka. In California, ...

Controversial new state regulations requiring removal of vegetation and other combustible materials from within 5 feet of homes in high fire-hazard areas — called Zone Zero rules — received a mostly ...