Crews doing a burnout to keep wildfire from monument SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in southwestern New Mexico is closed to the public while crews conduct a burnout operation to reduce the risk of a wildfire burning...
NFPA and Verisk Collaborate to Promote Importance of Community Wildfire Risk Mitigation
Verisk will use Firewise USA® boundary data to help develop underwriting analytics for insurers about properties that are part of community wildfire mitigation efforts National Fire Protection Association JERSEY CITY, N.J. — More than 4.5 million U.S....
USFA: Analysis of NFIRS Incidents in the Wildland Urban Interface
An Analysis of California NFIRS Data, 2009‑2011 United States Fire Administration The WUI is the area where housing and natural vegetation meet or intermingle. In the coterminous United States, between 1990 and 2010, the size of the WUI increased by 33%...
Experts: Oregon Fall 2020 Wildfire Season a Taste of Things to Come
Oregon is now starting fire season amid some of the worst conditions in memory By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press OTIS, Ore. (AP) — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren't too concerned. After all,...
The Wildfire Diaries, Episode 4
Meet Louis Evert, co-founder of the German organization Forest Fire Watch Vallfirest View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vallfirest (@vallfirest) Learn more about the Wildfire...
Everyone’s a Firefighter During National Wildfire Awareness Month! – Part 1
May is National Wildfire Awareness Month in the U.S. May 1 is Wildfire Community Preparedness Day in Canada WATERAX Where people and forests come together, wildfires are an issue. Wildland fire can threaten public safety and damage or destroy homes and...
The Wildfire Diaries, Episode 3
Meet Ángel Lorenzo, firefighter at INFOCA, in Huelva Vallfirest View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vallfirest (@vallfirest) Learn more about the Wildfire...
Wildland Training in Coronado, California
Training on the progressive lay and more Coronado Fire Department In preparation for fire season, the Corona Fire Department conducts annual RT-130 training to sharpen the skills required for wildland firefighting operations. Topics include progressive...
California Lawmakers Push Bills to Fight Wildfire Risks
Staffing, prescribed burns, and increased home protection By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats who control the state Senate said Thursday they intend to advance a 10-bill package to the Assembly in the next week as...
Nothing Looks Good for 2021 Wildfire Season
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...
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...
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...