If a fire strikes at your home, will you have a fire extinguisher handy? More importantly, will you know how to use it?

Firefighters can't always arrive on the scene before disaster strikes, so it's crucial that residents have the tools they need to protect their homes from the flames.

National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day — which lands on May 5 in 2018 — was created with this in mind, and there’s no better time to consider a few ways to protect yourself and your community.

When wildfires sweep through a community, we tend to move a bit faster in picking up the pieces. It’s natural for people to want to rebuild quickly to restore their daily lives.

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Read on to understand the recovery process and the dangers along the way, as well as how you can help support the restoration efforts.

A home in a wildland area allows you to live hand-in-hand with the natural landscape. But that also means your home is more susceptible to the danger of wildfires.

Today, there are more than 2,000 lookout towers in the nation, and anyone with a passion for volunteering and a little bit of basic training can staff one of these stations.

Wildland firefighting is an innately dangerous occupation, and the highest safety precautions must be employed to keep wildland firefighters as safe as possible.

Wildland firefighters require certain tools and tactics to manage prescribed fires safely and successfully. Read on to discover the three things they need to fight the flames.