This week, let’s explore strategies like fire-resistant materials, advanced building technologies, and innovative housing solutions to rebuild and adapt for a safer future. Then, we’ll close ...

A California resident signed up for a new program to help protect their home from wildfires and was shocked at the work that was done to keep their home safe. According to Fox 5 San Diego, a new pilot ...

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Professor Daniel López-Pérez is the architecture program director at the University of San Diego. He designed a fire-resistant home he calls the Polyhaus, a 540 square foot home which consists of just ...

The rule requires homeowners to clear materials like dead plants and wooden furniture within 5 feet (1.5 meters) of their homes in fire-prone ... creates a new “ember-resistant” zone, dubbed ...

a citrus-based fire retardant known as Citrotech, produced by Mighty Fire Breaker. Residents in areas like San Carlos welcomed the firefighters’ proactive approach as they observed the spraying ...

To do that, firefighting planes and helicopters have dropped a pink fire retardant that extinguishes the flames or slows down their spread. It has left houses, gardens and streets glowing a ...

Many of these experts no longer use wood siding. Where it is used, or still allowed, it needs to have a fire-resistant barrier underneath, often made of gypsum, the same material used to make drywall.

In November, the newly established industrial fire resistance test facility in Cape Town, Ignis Fire Testing, tested nonCrete’s unique low-steel, low-carbon vaulted floor system.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in California ...