Taking preemptive steps to protect your home and plan your exit can reduce danger and help firefighters do their jobs, first ...

UC Davis Department Safety Coordinators, or DSCs, have worked together with Emergency Management to update the process and ...

With flames closing in, emergency teams adapted evacuation plans in real time, proving the effectiveness of interagency ...

Evacuating a wildfire area can be scary, but experts say people can significantly improve their own safety ... or Cal Fire, said But the most important tip? Don't wait around for an evacuation ...

The Palisades Fire started Jan. 7 during a Santa Ana windstorm in Pacific Palisades. Nearly three weeks later, evacuation ...

Laguna Beach city officials reestablished the wildfire mitigation and fire safety ad hoc committee after substantial ...

At one meeting, she said, residents pressed the Fire Department to outline evacuation plans for various scenarios ... Now, in the safety of a hotel, she cannot forget the long minutes spent ...

Jan. 16 at FPUD to learn crucial strategies for disaster preparedness at a community meeting organized by North County Community Emergency Response Team (NCCERT) and North County Fire Protection ...

Fire safety threats are a familiar concern for many in Southern California, where evacuees often have only minutes to be ...

"They have no choice," said Vanessa Rosenkild, whose brother is at one of the fire-threatened facilities ... that he'd started making plans for a large-scale evacuation should one become necessary.