Protecting individual houses is not enough. We need to rethink how we design entire neighborhoods and communities. When a ...

Los Angeles’s Palisades and Eaton fires earlier this month, with their structure losses totaling 6,380 and 9,418, ...

Steel buildings are renowned for their strength, durability, and design flexibility. However, there’s a common misconception ...

In response to the latest wildfires, JDB Builders Inc., a design/build contractor with in-house architects, engineers, and ...

Building experts tell Action News there are roughly 50 ways a fire can burn a house, and eliminating half or more can go a ...

“You can almost think of it as a domino effect,” says Michael Gollner, an associate professor at UC Berkeley’s Fire Research Lab. All it takes is for one house to burst into flames for those ...

Experts in fire mitigation and climate science said LA should use the fires as an opportunity to design more resilient ...

As discussions on building codes, materials, and fire resistance continue, it is also essential to remind ourselves that fire and life safety codes are primarily designed to protect lives before ...

Flames quickly devoured an under-construction apartment building in Ogden on Saturday afternoon as crews from the area sought ...