Get ready for the 2020 season U.S. Forest Service - 2020 Fire Season recruitment opportunity. For more information visit the Boise Wildland Firefighter Academy website. https://youtu.be/wKzs0wTqrrE
Videos: Thousands of Rental Cars Destroyed in Fire Near Florida Airport
Massive fire in Lee County, Florida FORT MYERS, Florida - A large fire destroyed thousands of vehicles at a rental car overflow area at the Southwest Florida International Airport in Lee County on Friday, according to CBS Miami. Firefighters from...
Surprise, AZ SVI Type VI Wildland Unit
A new wildland rig for Surprise SVIweb - When spec'ing its new SVI-built Type 6 Wildland Unit, the Surprise, AZ Fire-Medical Department chose a Dodge Ram 5500 4x4 Crew Cab, powered by a 6.7L I6 Cummins Turbo Diesel. This brush truck is equipped with a Waterous...
Playing with Fire
Behind the scenes with smokejumpers U.S. Forest Service - A personal behind the scenes look at what Smokejumpers encounter from the locker room to a live fire on the forest ground. https://youtu.be/A6QfMdKCkzE
FDIC 2020: WUI Considerations for Structural Firefighters
Skills and considerations for the WUI fire attack Tom Aurnhammer Regional Member San Juan County, NM Fire Department Friday, April 24, 2020 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. REGISTER This class examines some of the wildland firefighting skills and considerations...
Wildfire Causes Evacuations in Norco, California
Some 1,500 people affected NORCO, Calif. (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire triggered evacuations and briefly threatened hundreds of homes Tuesday in an equestrian community in the inland region of Southern California, where little rain has fallen this...
New Jersey Fire Straddles Forest, National Recreation Area
Difficult terrain hampers fire crews HARDWICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters from federal and New Jersey agencies battled a forest fire for a second day early Monday in a popular hiking area near the Pennsylvania border. The fire was split between...
Evacuations Lifted in California Riverbottom Fire
Riverbottom Fire full containment expected later Friday RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were lifted after crews got a handle on a smoky wildfire that briefly burned near homes along a dry Southern California riverbed on Thursday. Flames broke out in...
California Firefighters Return from Australia
Bodies of two in tanker crash sent home By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the wildland firefighters, fresh off a long flight from Australia, strode into a Los Angeles fire station Wednesday morning, Marvin Schober got his GoPro...
Video: Wind Causes Sudden Change in Australia Brush Fire
When the wind changes Guardian News - Dashcam footage captured by the Dunmore Rural Fire Brigade on 4 January 2020. The footage shows just how quickly a bushfire can move when the wind changes direction. https://youtu.be/hRDM3ir3l5M
Ron Howard Wildfire Documentary Looks at Camp Fire Aftermath
“Rebuilding Paradise” largely evades a discussion of climate change By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ron Howard knew Paradise, the northern California town devastated by the most destructive wildfire in California history. His mother-in-law...
Americans Killed in Aerial Tanker Crash in Australia
Crew of three dead while battling wildfire By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Three American crew members died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. New...