NOAA satellites paired with AI data analysis also generate alerts but over a wider area. They can detect heat signatures, map fire perimeters and burned areas, and track smoke and pollutants to assess ...
A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire ...
The fire agencies are helping Pioneertown residents earn designation as a Firewise Community from the National Fire Protection Association. They’ve formed a three-year action plan and accompanied ...
This all contributes to rising home insurance premiums. From 2020 to 2023, those costs have increased by 33%, rising from ...
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
Chris Stapleton and Morgane's charitable organization, Outlaw State of Kind, founded in 2016, supported many causes close to ...
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone ...
What we’ve discovered through years of studies and user interviews is that, in an emergency, information fatigue never occurs ...
Deadly wildfires in Los Angeles forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes but a widely shared video of a mass of ...
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of ...