Severe drought has turned forests and grasslands into dry fuels By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of...
40th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, In-Person on October 2 – 3, 2021
Memorial Weekend service will remember firefighters from 2019 and 2020 National Fallen Firefighters Foundation EMMITSBURG, MD – It is an honor for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) to announce that the 40th Annual National Fallen Firefighters...
International Falls Fire Department Quickly Extinguishes Wildfire on the Shore of Minnesota’s Rainy Lake
Firefighters wipe out blaze that jumped across open water to Voyageurs National Park SUPERIOR, Wis. (May 25, 2021) – Northern Minnesota’s International Falls Fire Department (IFFD), together with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, quickly...
Four Dead in Florida Firefighting Helicopter Crash
Helicopter crashed during training in Leesburg LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) — A firefighting helicopter with four people on board crashed Tuesday near an airport in central Florida, killing at least one person, officials said. The helicopter crashed into a marsh...
Hotshot Critically Injured Fighting New Mexico Wildfire
Firefighter injured fighting the Eicks Fire in Hidalgo County SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A wildland firefighter was critically injured while fighting a wildfire on private land in southwestern New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border, state officials said...
California Sees More Wildfires as Drought Intensifies
Fires so far have burned nearly five times as much acreage as they did last year at this time. By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As California sinks deeper into drought it already has had more than 900 additional wildfires than...
Grim Western Wildfire Season Starts Drier Than 2020 Record
“It’s like having gasoline out there,” By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse shape. The soil in the West is record dry for this time of year. In...
The Wildfire Diaries, Episode 2
The first female firefighting brigade in South Africa Vallfirest View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vallfirest (@vallfirest) Learn more about the Wildfire...
Fire Risk Prompts Burning Ban in 26 North Carolina Counties
State is getting drier and hotter RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A ban on all open burning is in effect for 26 North Carolina counties, and all burning permits have been canceled because of an increased fire risk, the N.C. Forest Service said Monday. The forest...
Two Homes Damaged in Santa Barbara, California Brush Fire
10 acres burned on TV Hill SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Hard work by firefighters and a decrease in winds stopped the spread of a brushfire that triggered evacuations in the city of Santa Barbara, authorities said Friday. The fire erupted around 9 p.m....
Wildfire in Greece Burns Over 9,000 Acres
Wildfire destroys power lines, causing local blackouts ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek firefighters were battling a major forest fire in the Corinth region west of Athens for a second day Friday, with more settlements evacuated overnight. Civil Protection...
Wildfire Threatens Homes in Santa Barbara, California
Homes and television news stations threatened SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A brushfire whipped by gusts threatened homes and commercial buildings in coastal California late Thursday night, authorities said. The blaze erupted around 9 p.m. in a westside...