By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general on Monday blamed a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas. The first phase of an independent...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
Kacie Yamamoto - The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Mar. 9—The fire sensor technology, which was developed by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and the U.S. Fire Administration in partnership with small business N5 Sensors Inc., will be...
Power lines ignited massive wildfires across the Texas Panhandle that destroyed homes and killed thousands of livestock, officials said Thursday
A jury in Oregon has ordered PacifiCorp to pay more than $42 million to 10 victims of devastating wildfires on Labor Day 2020.
By Seth Barker Most fire districts that reside in the wildland urban interface (WUI) are in danger of a catastrophic loss from wildland fire. The lack of defensible space around homes could lead to millions of dollars in property losses and potential civilian...
Brian K Sullivan, Jessica Nix and David Stringer Bloomberg News (TNS) After a year of deadly wildfires around the globe, the world is burning again from Texas to Australia — and in some regions, the blazes are igniting early. Canada’s Alberta province said last month...
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Strong winds spread flames and prompted at least one evacuation while airplanes dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle as firefighters worked to stop the largest wildfire in state history. As...
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