Daniel Byrne urges members of fire departments who enforce fire codes to arm themselves with the backstory of the codes' ...

Portions of eastern Arizona and New Mexico are under a critical fire risk, the second-highest level, including Tucson, Catalina Foothills, Las Cruces and Roswell, officials said. Fire Risk Forecast.

weather patterns and fire history. They do not evaluate vulnerability or risk to wildfire, or take into account prevention measures such as home hardening or fuel reduction. “The risk is ...