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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As California faces longer wildfire seasons, water constraints, and increasing pressure on frontline fire agencies, Sonic Fire Tech, a NASA-inspired fire tech startup developing infrasound-based fire defense systems, today announced a statewide initiative to place 100 acoustic fire suppression backpack systems into the hands of California fire departments for real-world operational research, controlled testing, and wildfire initial-attack evaluation. The campaign c...

LAKE WORTH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Wednesday night storm that battered Brooklyn and Queens dropped more rain than New York City's sewer system was ever engineered to handle. As Mayor Zohran Mamdani explained the following day, the drainage system is built to move roughly two inches of rain per hour, and the storm delivered far more than that, in far less time. Streets were inundated, thousands lost power, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards acknowledged the long-term municipal fix...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Convey, a leading provider of customer engagement solutions for highly regulated industries, today announced that its partnership with Con Edison has been recognized with the Bronze Award for Excellence in Outage Communications in Chartwell's 2026 Best Practices Awards. The award honors Con Edison's response to two extreme winter storms that struck New York City in early 2026, during which the utility leveraged Convey's platform to deliver rapid, localized, and transpar...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 3.27 million New York homes face moderate or greater hurricane wind risk, representing nearly $1.93 trillion in reconstruction cost value (RCV) - the highest concentration in the nation - according to a new report from Cotality, a leading global property information, analytics, and data-enabled solutions provider. This represents only a small fraction of the more than 32.2 million U.S. homes at risk nationwide, accounting for more than $12.26 trillion...

VAN NUYS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U-Haul® is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container use at two Company facilities near Simi Valley for residents who have already been displaced or may be impacted by the Sandy Fire. The fast-spreading brush fire broke out late Monday morning near Sandy Avenue in Ventura County, growing rapidly to more than 700 acres with zero containment. Multiple structures have been destroyed, and mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for several zones...

MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triple-I and NICB are urging U.S. consumers to remain vigilant against contractor fraud during Contractor Fraud Awareness Week, May 18-22....

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CitroTech Inc. (NYSE AM: CITR), a leading specialty chemical company delivering environmentally-safe fire inhibitor solutions, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 and provided a business update highlighting continued progress toward broad commercialization. “CitroTech has reached a meaningful inflection point having transitioned from technology validation to the early stages of commercial deployment,” said Wes Bolsen, Chief Execu...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CitroTech Inc. (NYSE AM: CITR), a leading specialty chemicals company producing environmentally responsible fire inhibitor solutions, and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), the official research agency of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering, today announced a 12-month research partnership to develop next-generation, water-based polymer technologies for fire-resistant textiles. Launched on March 1, the collaboration is focused on add...

BELGRADE, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (“Bridger,” “Bridger Aerospace” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BAER, BAERW), one of the nation’s leading aerial firefighting companies, today announced that it has received two separate 160-day task orders from the US Forest Service, each for two of its CL-415EAF “Super Scooper” aircraft. The first task order started Friday, May 8, the day the order was received, with the second task order ensuring coverage into the fourth qua...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 2025, KW Cares awarded more than $3.2 million in grants and disaster relief....