including the lack of fire-resistant building materials which results in rapid spread of fire, complicating evacuation measures, and increasing property damage and casualties. Fire-resistant ...

As wildfires threaten densely populated areas worldwide with increasing frequency and intensity, Thomas Gernay, an associate professor in civil and systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is ...

With the Eaton and Palisades fires fresh in our memories, we’ve seen how fire can cost precious lives and billions of dollars ...

Building a fire resilient home from scratch is one thing ... This is new terrain for the state and the pilot has run into ...

As wildfires increase in frequency and severity, the construction industry is turning to advanced fire-resistant building techniques and materials to create “fire-hardened” homes that can ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder city leaders unanimously approved a set of new construction rules Thursday aimed at reducing the risk of wildfires, especially on the city’s west side, where the threat is ...

Owners of the 7,300 homes that escaped the January wildfires need financial assistance to harden their houses, residents and ...

In the aftermath of the L.A. wildfires, advocates for natural building techniques argue that materials like adobe and cob ...

County building staff worked with local supplies to price out the cost of compliance with the stricter standards for a typical home in Edgemont. Fire-resistant windows? Those were about $9,000 ...

Fire-resistant and sustainable building does take money, but there are ways you can get it back. Local, state and federal incentives exist to make paying for these updates in the long-term more ...