A bill has been introduced in the California Legislature to reform how insurers handle smoke damage claims following ...

Structural steel can lose significant load-bearing strength under high heat, making properly specified passive fire protection essential. Fire ratings must be supported by standards-based testing that ...

In a remarkable reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay for soil testing for lead at 100 homes that were ...

Newcomer Packfire has made a pit that, in my testing, delivered on its promise of portability, with a couple of drawbacks.

A controlled fire test is planned this week in the Pacific Palisades area as fire investigators continue looking into the potential origin of the deadly Palisades Fire. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

There were flames in the Pacific Palisades area on Tuesday night, but fire officials say there's no reason to be alarmed. It's all part of a controlled fire test to help determine what sparked the ...

The West Housatonic Street Fire Station has been temporarily closed after radon tests showed elevated levels, the city announced Tuesday.