Australian Homeowners Advised To Do A "Deck Check"

A Boral Timber spokesman recommended that Australian homeowners conduct a deck check to prepare their property for an increased bushfire risk

DIY: Check the deck ahead of bushfire season

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

CoreLogic Reports That 900,000 US Homes At Risk From Wildfires

CoreLogic's latest report shows that nearly 900,000 American homes are at risk from wildfires

Study Reveals 900,000 Homes At Risk From Wildfires

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Arkansas Homeowners Get Some Wildfire Preparedness Tips

Arkansas homeowners were given some pointers on how to prevent wildfires during the state's spring wildfire season

Arkansas wildfires spark a need for awareness

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Oregon Landowners See Wildfire Fees Increase

Grant County, Oregon, rural landowners are bracing for an increase in a fire patrol assessments for Zone 1 lands

Turf battle looms over Zone 1

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Firewise Madera County Advises California Homeowners On Wildfire Preparedness

Firewise Madera County passed along some useful tips to California homeowners on how to prepare for this season's wildfires

Are you ready for wildfire?

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

ODF Urged To Provide More Wildfire Data On Private Property Damage

An editorial supports a bill that would require the Oregon Department of Forestry to provide statistics beyond such things as acreage, suppression costs and number of structures destroyed on private property

Everyone loses when wildfires rage, so show what they cost

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Natural Resources Conservation Service Helps Landowners Prepare For Wildfires

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is working with private landowners in Baker County to reduce the wildfire danger on their property while improving wildlife habitat

USDA Public-Private Partners Tackling Wildfire Issues in Oregon’s East Face of the Elkhorn Mountains

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

NFPA Provides $500 Wildfire Grants To Central Californians

The National Fire Protection Association is accepting $500 grant applications in Central California for programs that would coincide with Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on May 2

Los Gatos shorts: Wildfire grants available

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Western Australian Homeowners Not Ready For Bushfires

A survey of 90 Western Australia households in the Parkersville bushfire area by Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre found homeowners were ill prepared either to defend their homes or leave early

'Wait and see' on bushfire alarms

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Denton, Texas, CWPP Demo Set For End Of February

As part of the Texas' Denton County Community Wildfire Protection Plan, 1.5 acres will be set on fire as a demonstration project by the Flower Mound Fire Department the week of Feb. 24–27

Denton County works to reduce wildfire risk through demonstration project

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

India's Forest Department Educates Homeowners On Forest Fire Prevention

India's Forest Department is handing out educational materials to residents of the Salem Forest Division in the hope of preventing wildfires in reserve forests during the summer months

Forest Department initiates steps to check forest fire

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Tasmanian Landowners Get Bushfire Tips

Tasmania's State Fire Management Council chairman is talking with private landholders about fuel reduction in autumn after the latest bushfire modelling showed an increasing likelihood of severe bushfires

Private landholders urged to reduce bushfire fuel

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Colorado Homeowners Tap Grants For Wildfire Preparations

With Western Colorado unusually dry for this time of year, fire officials highlighted a grant program that helps offset the cost of completing mitigation projects around homes

Warm, dry temperatures could mean a brutal wildfire season

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

North Carolina Homeowners Get Wildfire Tips

North Carolina fire officials provided useful tips to homeowners on how to reduce the wildfire danger to their property

With fire season upon us, officials remind you how to help prevent unnecessary burns

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

South Dakota Firewise Communities Praised By RCFD

Rapid City Fire Department praised eight Firewise Communities for their preparations after a number of wildfires in South Dakota's Black Hills over the weekend

RCFD warns of fire danger after multiple weekend wildfires

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Canada To Hold National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day

Canada is planning its first-ever National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day for May 2nd

National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Launched in Canada

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Victoria Homeowners Urged To Take Bushfire Warnings Seriously

Victoria, Australia's, Emergency Management Commissioner urged property owners to take bushfire threat warnings in Mallee, Wimmera and Central Victoria seriously

Soaring heat sparks warning on bushfire threat from Emergency Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Wildfire Community Preparedness Day May 2nd

State Farm is providing funding to the National Fire Protection Association Wildland Fire Operations Division for its second annual Wildfire Community Preparedness Day event on May 2nd

NFPA receives grant from State Farm for second annual Wildfire Community Preparedness Day

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Oklahoma Homeowners Get Wildfire Tips

Following 12 wildfires in January, Kansas Fire Department provided tips to homeowners on how to prepare for Oklahoma wildfires

Fire season is here: Wildfires increase across the country

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

The Benefits Of Performing Wildfire Mitigation In Colorado

A rural Colorado resident expounds the virtues of wildfire mitigation efforts ahead of fire season

Mountain Wildfire Mitigation

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense

Western Australia Homeowners Must Consider Animals In Bushfire Plans

Vets at Perth, Western Australia's, Murdoch University Pet Emergency Centre discussed how families should deal with their pets and livestock, as well as wildlife, when bushfires come calling

Caring for animals at risk in bushfires

For more information on protecting your home from wildfires, visit Wildfire Home Defense