CHICAGO (CBS)-- This week marks the 150th anniversary of the city's signature disaster. The Great Chicago Fire began on Sunday, Oct. 8, 1871, on what we would now call the city's Near West Side. Over ...

In a dangerous profession, such as firefighting, liability is an ever-present concern. It appears to be a complex topic, but, at its heart, liability rests on a very simple principle: liability flows ...

One of the significant misleading ideas about wildfire is what some call the Southwest Model of Ponderosa pine. In the Southwest, wildfire among Ponderosa pine is characterized by low severity-high ...

Hardly a day goes by when we don’t hear in the media and from the Forest Service that fire suppression is responsible for the intensity and size of wildfires. According to proponents, a “hundred years ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Peter Marks wrote and produced The Great ...

MYTH: FUEL BUILD UP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LARGE BLAZES? A conventional narrative is that wildfires in the western U.S. are unprecedented and more extensive than in the past. This increase in fire acreage ...

The first monsoon storm of the year was this weekend and officials are urging Tucson residents to stay safe. Rural Metro Fire Department Chief Walka debunks some storm safety myths and gives us some ...

This week's fires in Southern California, which have burned over 35,000 acres as of Friday, have claimed at least 10 lives, forced around 180,000 evacuations and burned down thousands of houses and ...