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CAL FIRE: CZU Lightning Complex, Lessons Learned

CAL FIRE: CZU Lightning Complex, Lessons Learned

Insight into the battle to suppress the CZU Lightning Complex fires     CAL FIRE CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz CAL FIRE CZU Unit Chief Ian Larkin & Deputy Chief Nate Armstrong offer insight, via zoom, into the battle to suppress the #CZULightningComplex​,...

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Northern Michigan Wildfire Contained, Not Growing

Northern Michigan Wildfire Contained, Not Growing

Wildfire began as a prescribed burn     OSCODA, Mich. (AP) — A controlled burn that turned into a 6,100-acre wildfire in Michigan was 32% contained Saturday and not growing, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said. The fire was in Iosco County, which has part...

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Initial Attack in the Wildland Urban Interface

Initial Attack in the Wildland Urban Interface

Many firefighters lack direct experiential “slides” of a fire not being contained     By Kevin Cashman | Fire Engineering For a century, America has faced a nonstop conflict against wildfire. The struggle has ebbed and flowed, and strategies have evolved,...

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Wildfire LLC: Texas Dozer Swamper Broken Leg

Wildfire LLC: Texas Dozer Swamper Broken Leg

"I just killed somebody. I just killed my ground man."     Wildfire Lessons Learned Center and Texas A&M Forest Service On Sunday, January 17, 2021, Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) resources responded to the Tractor Fire in Burnet County, Texas....

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Hover STEP Training

Hover STEP Training

A brief look at helitack training in Colorado     Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control Get a first-person view of what it feels like to exit a helicopter while it's still in the air. This process, known as a "hover (STEP) exit", requires...

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USFA: Ohio On-Duty Death

USFA: Ohio On-Duty Death

Roosenburg was participating in a controlled burn     United States Fire Administration The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Wildland Firefighter Selide Roosenburg, 20, of the ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division...

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