Multi-agency training with helicopters Defense Flash News Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers with the 2-285th Assault Helicopter Battalion and the 2-149th General Support Aviation Battalion Medical Evacuation detachments conduct a two-day training...
USFA: Interdependent Factors Can Influence WUI Fire Home Survivability
Several factors usually play a role in whether a home will survive a wildland urban interface fire United States Fire Administration Researchers at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) are studying the complex fire behavior that...
Tatanka Hotshots 2020 Fire Season
A look back at the past season Michael Marshall Tatanka Hotshots 2020 Crew Video. This video is in no way associated with the U.S National Forest Service or the United States Department of Agriculture. Songs: The Mountain- Shane Smith and the Saints...
Colorado’s Cherry Creek State Park Fire
PIOs take us up close on a wildfire South Metro Fire Rescue - Centennial, Colorado On this vlog Connor and Eric take you up close to a wildland fire at Cherry Creek State Park. The fire burned 202 acres and took 4 days to extinguish. They also feature a...
Audit Raises Concerns of Wildfire Risk at Nuclear Lab
Risk reduction efforts not always done By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the nation’s premier nuclear laboratories isn’t taking the necessary precautions to guard against wildfires, according to an audit by the U.S....
California Sets Home Hardening Standards to Lower Fire Risks
Incentives to make homes resilient The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As consecutive years of catastrophic wildfires in California drive up the cost of insuring homes, state regulators on Monday announced a step toward creating incentives for...
New Tools Assist Wildfire Detection and Smoke Forecasting
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tools can help fire departments detect wildfire and forecast smoke spread United States Fire Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had a successful year of research and...
Golden Eagles Hotshots 2020
A look back at a busy season Jeremiah Faumuina (This video was not endorsed by the BIA or by the Sycuan Tribe of the Kumeyaay Nation) The Golden Eagles Hotshots are a BIA Hotshot Crew out of Region 5 - South Ops (Southern California). We are located in...
Del Rosa Hotshots 2020
A look back at the past fire season Francois Shoumounejad Take a look through the eyes of a Del Rosa Hotshot of the 2020 Fire Season Del Rosa Hotshots https://youtu.be/R8Qek59uRZ4
Infrared Tech Used to Fight Carlsbad Fire
Overhead help used to assist firefighters Wildland Firefighter Staff CARLSBAD, California - FOX 5 San Diego reports that when firefighters contained the Park Fire in Carlsbad, and kept it from spreading into a residential neighborhood, they had...
Entiat Hotshots 2020
A look at the 2020 fire season Entiat IHC Crew Media The Entiat Interagency Hotshot Crew is a 20-person wildland fire fighting crew governed by the US Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region (R-6). The Entiat IHC is hosted...
Baker River Hotshots 2020
A look at last year's wildfire season Johnny Brady A few of the more eventful moments from the 2020 fire season. A huge thank you to the friends and families of wildland firefighters (forestry technicians) everywhere. It's not possible to do what we do...