Largest Wildfire in TX History 100% Contained After Burning More Than 1 Million Acres
Lana Ferguson - The Dallas Morning News The Smokehouse Creek fire that burned through more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle is completely contained after a nearly three-week battle. The blaze, sparked Feb. 26 in Hutchinson County near Stinnett, quickly grew...
Forest Service, Logging Industry Spar over Management of Black Hills (SD) National Forest
Darsha Dodge - Rapid City Journal, S.D. Mar. 14—At a roundtable event March 2 in Spearfish, South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson, Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) and Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), grilled officials with the U.S. Forest Service for answers on the recent harvesting...
Apply for Canned Drinking Water to Keep Your Crew Hydrated This Wildfire Season
Hydration is key to the health and safety of wildland firefighters. However, many volunteer fire departments have limited budgets, making it difficult to purchase all the provisions their firefighters need, such as a sufficient supply of drinking water. To help combat...
These 11 CA Counties Are Most at Risk for Wildfires, FEMA Map Shows. Here’s Where
Angela Rodriguez - The Modesto Bee Mar. 13—California is no stranger to wildfires — and some regions are more at risk than others. While most wildfires occur between April and October, "California faces the risk of wildfires all year now" due to the warmer and drier...
NEWS
Largest Wildfire in TX History 100% Contained After Burning More Than 1 Million Acres
Lana Ferguson - The Dallas Morning News The Smokehouse Creek fire that burned through more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle is completely contained after a nearly three-week battle. The blaze, sparked Feb. 26 in Hutchinson County near Stinnett, quickly grew...
Forest Service, Logging Industry Spar over Management of Black Hills (SD) National Forest
Darsha Dodge - Rapid City Journal, S.D. Mar. 14—At a roundtable event March 2 in Spearfish, South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson, Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) and Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), grilled officials with the U.S. Forest Service for answers on the recent harvesting...
Apply for Canned Drinking Water to Keep Your Crew Hydrated This Wildfire Season
Hydration is key to the health and safety of wildland firefighters. However, many volunteer fire departments have limited budgets, making it difficult to purchase all the provisions their firefighters need, such as a sufficient supply of drinking water. To help combat...
These 11 CA Counties Are Most at Risk for Wildfires, FEMA Map Shows. Here’s Where
Angela Rodriguez - The Modesto Bee Mar. 13—California is no stranger to wildfires — and some regions are more at risk than others. While most wildfires occur between April and October, "California faces the risk of wildfires all year now" due to the warmer and drier...
Congress Heads Off Wildland Firefighter Pay Cuts – At Least Temporarily
Congress approved a funding deal to maintain current pay levels for federal wildland firefighters through the remainder of the fiscal year, ending September 30. In 2021, wildland firefighter pay was temporarily increased by $20,000 or 50%. but that raise was set to...
Product News
Perimeter Solutions Hires Forest Service, NASF Veteran Jim Karels As Agency Liaison
Karels brings 45+ years of wildland fire and forest management experience to the role Clayton, MO 30 January 2024 – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality fire retardant, announced today that it has hired Jim Karels as its new...
FOL-DA-TANK®, LLC: Introduces “DA-EV Tank”
Milan, Illinois – FOL-DA-TANK®, LLC, announced their new, patent pending product “DA-EV Tank” today. This innovative new product is designed to address an increasing problem in the firefighting community, electric vehicle (EV) fires. As EVs have become more popular,...
Hero of PHOS-CHEK Ron Raley Looks Back on His 50+ Years in Fire Safety
Perimeter Solutions is celebrating the 60th anniversary of PHOS-CHEK® long-term fire retardant, which was first approved by the US Forest Service in 1963. PHOS-CHEK has protected thousands of properties from destruction and saved countless lives in the decades since...
Neptune Aviation To Offer Garmin Avionics Conversion Services
Decades of Experience and Full Range of Services Ensure Compliance, Safety and Can Minimize Aircraft Downtime Missoula, MT 2 October 2023 – Neptune Aviation, a leader in aerial firefighting and aviation services, is now an authorized Garmin dealer and can offer its...
Perimeter Solutions’ Solberg® 3% MIL-SPEC SFFF is First Fluorine-Free Firefighting Foam Concentrate on DoD Qualified Products List
U.S. Military Bases and Commercial Airports Can Use This Environmentally Superior Technology with Assurance of Performance Clayton, MO 13 September 2023 – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality firefighting foams, announced...
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Perimeter Solutions Addresses Foam Knowledge Gap With “Know Your Foam” Training Sessions
In-Class and Hands-On Application Course Offered at No Cost to Fire Departments, Fire Management Organizations Clayton, MO 11 July 2023 – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality firefighting products and lubricant additives, is...
Perimeter Solutions Adds Shur-Sales as Marketing Partner to Represent Company in Western US
Shur-Sales to promote Perimeter’s portfolio of foam and retardant solutions Clayton, MO 25 April 2023 – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality firefighting products and lubricant additives, has entered into an agreement with...
Fire Safety Industry Transitions Focus from Wildfire Suppression to Proactive Prevention
Key Takeaways from the 2022 Wildfire Prevention Summit By Wes Bolsen The Western Fire Chiefs Association hosted its second annual Wildfire Prevention Summit earlier this year, and Perimeter Solutions proudly served as the Platinum Sponsor for the event, which examined...
As Wildfires Become More Prevalent, Fire Safety Industry Looks to the Ground
By Wes Bolsen, Business Director of Wildfire Prevention & Protection at Perimeter Solutions In a new report on wildfire activity, the United Nations says that the number of wildfires that take place around the world could double by the year 2100. Faced with this...
Why Phosphate is the Active Ingredient of Choice for Effective Long-Term Fire Retardant
By Melissa Kim Fire safety leaves no room for error, and it doesn’t offer second chances. That is why it is critical that firefighters are equipped with the best tools when they battle any type of fire, including wildfires. Long-term fire retardant has been dropped...
HydraSpear SaberSpear™ 48” Tool Kit
Wildland Firefighting Tool Kits for 2020! Our Jets Make Your Tools Dig Deeper and Faster! ™ 1.SaberSpear™ 48” Tool Kit P/N 54502: A single fixed 48” lightweight steel manifold for ease of storage and mobility in the field. Specifically designed for use...
Aviation
San Diego Sheriff’s Department Unveils Its First Night-Flying Firefighting Helicopter
El Cajon, California - November 20: New Sheriffs Department helicopters were shown during a press conference on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 in El Cajon, California. The BELL 412EPX cost more than $15 million and the BELL 407GXi cost $5.5 million. (Ana Ramirez / The San...
Three Firefighters Killed in Turkish Firefighting Helicopter Crash
ISTANBUL (AP) — Underwater teams are trying to recover a helicopter that crashed in a lake over the weekend, killing three crew members, while fighting a forest fire in western Turkey, state media reported Monday. Four crew members were aboard the firefighting...
New Firefighting Planes Sought Across the Warming Planet Are on Their Way, With a Little Delay
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Production of a workhorse firefighting plane that is eagerly awaited in Europe to combat worsening mega-blazes fueled by climate change is running “a little bit” behind schedule, and the first will not be...
Two Pilots Walk Away from Boeing 737 Water Bomber Crash in Australia
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Two pilots walked away with minor injuries after a Boeing 737 jet converted for firefighting crashed in Australia, officials said Tuesday. The twin-engine tanker owned by Canadian-based Coulson Aviation crashed in Fitzgerald River National Park...
Video: Take a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Los Angeles County (CA) Super Scoopers
For 27 years, Los Angeles County has had a partnership with Canadian Province of Quebec. Quebec contracts to send Canadair CL-415 Super Scoopers to California for assistance with wildland fires. Battalion Chief Pat Sprengel gives a tour of the Super Scooper...
Watch How Fast This Embraer C-390 Converts from Cargo Plane to Water Bomber
Embraer reported Monday that it has successfully completed the flight testing to receive certification the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS II), which allows the C-390 Millennium to be converted from a cargo plane to perform firefighting missions. Embraer...
CAL FIRE Helicopter Crash Injures Three Returning from Fairview Fire
A helicopter assisting with operations in the Fairview fire near Hemet crashed while attempting to land at the Banning Airport, fire officials said Saturday afternoon. The helicopter was privately owned, officials said, and crashed into a backyard just before 4 p.m....
Helicopter Water Drop Hits Hotshot Crew at Hermit Peak (NM) Fire, Three Injured
https://youtu.be/uT8oEnBdSJ8 A helicopter hit firefighters with a water drop at the Hermit Peak fire Sunday, injuring three of them. The incident took place at 10:30 a.m. at the fire, which is been burning since early April in the Santa Fe National Forest. Two of the...
Videos
Take a Tour of the Missoula (MT) Fire Lab – Where Scientists Study How Wildland Fires Work
Scientists at the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory research the wind, soil, and fuel conditions that come together to create a wildland fire. The lab opened in 1960, and it's currently trying to develop data that can inform a better forest management policy as...
‘Gone in 30 Seconds’ – Shingle Springs (CA) Loses Two Rigs in Wildfire at Six Rivers National Forest
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Tribal Fire Department lost two rigs when fire burning at Six Rivers National Forest overran the vehicles Monday. The crew from El Dorado County had parked the rigs what they thought was a safe distance from the fire, but a...
Colorado Springs (CO) Fights Multiple Grass Fires, Including One at Airport
Marshall Fire Destroys Hundreds Of Homes In Colorado, Thousands Evacuated
Nearly 600 homes have been destroyed in the Colorado Marshall Fire – along with hotels, shopping centers and businesses. The fire had burned 1,600 acres and was still growing Thursday night.
L.A. County and Forest Service Firefighters Survive Near Miss
On September 11, Angeles National Forest and Los Angeles County firefighters responded to a brush fire near Highway 99. Shortly after they arrived the fire and took hold on both sides of the highway. In the shifting winds the flank of the fire became the head of the...
Meet The Wildland Firefighters of Hawaii – ‘Different But the Same’
https://vimeo.com/651279616 Meet the Hawaii Wildland firefighters. Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources presents this video look at the men and women who are the first responders for the state's 3 million acres of forest land. Like most places, wild fire...