Note: This article is part of the Firehouse 2024 Station Design Supplement. To read the entire supplement, click here. Gaining community consensus around an idea rarely is easier than gaining ...

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The Palisades and Eaton fires devastated parts of Los Angeles in January 2025 and are largely contained as of Jan. 20. Fueled by extreme Santa Ana winds and dry conditions, these fires have left a ...

An interactive map made using GIS showing the rise in fuel prices by percentage displayed where they occur by major highway networks. Maps like this enable us to visualize socioeconomic challenges in ...

A geographic information system, as organizer Ariann Nassel explained, “is both a technology and a science.” The technology “is designed to work with the complexities of location-based data, connect ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1710 established minimum time standards for the first-due engine out of a career department for a residential fire. Some departments, however, ...

More than 80 percent of Americans support affordable housing. However, when it involves their own block, barely half of respondents react positively. Elected officials know this tension well, ...