MISSOULA, Mont. — At the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, the Fire Modeling Institute pools data from over 30,000 communities across the country to calculate wildfire risk. The mapping process is ...

Not all communities face disasters equally. Some are hit harder, recover slower, or are more vulnerable from the start. FEMA's Risk Map ranks every county and Census tract in the U.S. based on three ...

A deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, swept through Nancy Callery's childhood home in Hunt, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in ...

A wildfire mapping workshop was held at Atascadero City Hall on Wednesday to help residents better understand local wildfire risk. City staff shared information about the state mapping process and ...

Will Broscious and Jason Moore suggest numerous CRR technologies that fire departments can use to supplement their in-house community risk reduction resources. NFPA’s Craig 1300 Community Risk ...

About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own flood mapping and appeal. When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas ...

This story was updated following an Austin City Council vote. The Austin City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a new and significantly expanded wildfire risk map that some local industry ...

Jeremy Porter is a professor of quantitative methods in the social sciences at the City University of New York. In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand ...