CHICAGO (WLS) -- Middle school students in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood have designed and built a prototype for a portable homeless shelter. They're the invisible population in Chicago. The ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A defense contractor said Tuesday it will start building portable shelters for natural disasters and war zones that quickly unfold like a Transformer toy. The ...

CAMAS, Wash. — A Camas entrepreneur is taking the idea of an emergency kit to a whole new level. Normally when you think of emergency kits, a backpack full of water, food, and supplies might come to ...

With no way out, the 19 elite firefighters killed in an Arizona wildfire Sunday night -- 14 of them in their 20s -- unfurled their foil-lined, heat-resistant tarps and rushed to cover themselves. The ...

Portable tents are tough shelters that stand up to all kinds of bad weather. All tents sold are one-piece, featuring instant set up and rubber, non-slip feet. The standard color of all ground tents is ...

PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Trapped by a wildfire that exploded tenfold in a matter of hours, a crack team of firefighting "Hotshots" broke out their portable emergency shelters and rushed to climb into the ...

Jim Varner’s historic research of Portland’s residential garages starts with horse poop. In a talk he presented at the Architectural Heritage Center, he told the rapt audience that horse-drawn ...

In a heartbreaking sight, a long line of vans from a coroner's office carried the bodies of 19 elite firefighters out of the tiny mountain town of Yarnell on Monday, as the wind-driven wildfire that ...