DES MOINES, Iowa – The new Fire Chief for the Des Moines Fire Department will be announced Thursday. The four finalists to take over for retiring Fire Chief John TeKippe were announced earlier this ...

Forward-looking: When wildfires sweep through the dry hills outside Los Angeles, homes can be lost in moments. A California startup imagines a different outcome: as embers fall and nearby brush ...

A wildfire burns in the hills of a Los Angeles suburb, leaping from one patch of dry brush to another as it approaches a cluster of homes. The landscaping at the first house burns, but the house ...

In the Grenfell Tower blaze, a combustible element called cladding that ran up the outside of the 24-story building allowed the fire to jump from floor to floor. By James Glanz The deadly fire that ...

The Beaumont Fire Department is launching its first fire cadet program in more than 20 years. The city’s fire department has been struggling to hire new employees under its current ...

Students doing certain degrees may no longer receive the same amount of reimbursement for their studies now that the Department of Education is implementing various measures from President Donald ...

Southern California Edison launched its compensation program for Eaton Fire survivors on Wednesday. Victims must agree not to sue or pursue legal action against the utility company if they accept the ...

Voluntary program incorporates community input for eligible individuals and businesses to receive fair resolutions and fast compensation; valuation independently evaluated by RAND. “We listened to ...

Some areas near Los Angeles are under a red flag warning through Wednesday. Elevated Critical Extremely Critical By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. The temperature ...

Purdue Engineering students in West Lafayette begin in the First-Year Engineering (FYE) Program, where they are placed in teams to learn collaboration, communication, math, science, design and problem ...

SoCal Edison is launching a Wildfire Compensation Program for those impacted by the Eaton Fire and they are asking homeowners, renters and business owners who were affected to weigh in on the program.