In honor of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on May 7, the National Inventors Hall of Fame is proud to celebrate Inductee Don Arney, inventor of the Bambi Bucket® for aerial fighting of wildfires. A lightweight container available in a variety of sizes that...
Crews Work to Contain Wildfire Near Smoky Mountains
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Firefighters from across Tennessee continued working Thursday morning to contain a wildfire near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that spread overnight despite rain from storms that passed through the area, officials said. The blaze,...
Wildland Firefighting School Gives Students Real-World Deel for Demands of Battling Wildfires
O'Dell Isaac The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Mar. 25—Instructors at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy took advantage of mild Friday temperatures with an outdoor field day at the campus of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The...
Idaho Governor OKs Wildland Firefighter Hazard Pay Raises
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Thursday signed into law legislation giving the state's wildland firefighters hazard pay, a boost expected to keep more firefighters on the job. The Republican governor signed the measure...
Changing Snowfall Makes It Harder to Fight Fire With Fire
By BRITTANY PETERSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Dripping flaming fuel as they go, a line of workers slowly descends a steep, snow-covered hillside above central Colorado's South Platte River, torching piles of woody debris that erupt into...
New Director Named for Cal Fire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Fire-plagued California has a new state fire chief. Joe Tyler, a 31-year veteran of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, was appointed Thursday to head a department struggling with drought- and climate-change-fueled...
Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 100s of Homes in Florida Panhandle
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Residents of hundreds of Florida Panhandle homes were evacuated as a wildfire destroyed two houses and damaged 12 others in an area that has spent years recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Michael, officials said Saturday. Hundreds of...
South Korean Wildfire Forces Thousands to Flee Their Homes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of South Koreans fled their homes Friday as a large wildfire ripped through an eastern coastal area and temporarily threatened a nuclear power station before being driven away by winds. As of Friday evening, around 1,000...
Apply Now for Canned Drinking Water from Anheuser-Busch to Support Wildfire Response Efforts
Keeping firefighters hydrated during long incidents or disasters such as wildfires is a critical need for fire departments, yet many volunteer departments struggle with limited budget and resources. To help departments meet this need, Anheuser-Busch and the National...
How an Idaho Wildland Firefighter Became a Victoria’s Secret Model
Rachel Spacek Idaho Statesman BOISE, Idaho — Celilo Miles, a wildland firefighter with the Nez Perce Tribe, had all but given up on her dream of modeling when she got an Instagram message from a casting director asking her to apply for a mysterious modeling gig. Miles...
Eastern California Wildfire Stopped, Evacuations Lifted
BIG PINE, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire in eastern California's remote Owens Valley was 30% contained early Friday after firefighters stopped its forward progress and evacuation orders were lifted, authorities said. The fire scorched more than 6 square miles but there were...
Fire Chief Hospitalized with Burns at NC Wildfire
Mark Price The Charlotte Observer (MCT)A firefighter remains hospitalized after suffering multiple burns during a wildfire in western North Carolina, according to Otto Fire and Rescue in Macon County. The firefighter was identified as department Chief Terry Rholetter...