Sierra van der Brug - Pasadena Star-News, Calif. Pasadena Fire Chief Chad Augustin’s plan for the city’s fire department will alleviate short-staffing issues the department experienced during the Eaton fire, he said this week. But for that and other post-disaster...
Bob Timmons - Star Tribune (TNS) Wary of wildfire threats, the U.S. Forest Service is asking as many as 1,400 employees who left the agency in recent months to help fight wildfires this summer. The request is to employees who resigned amid the Trump administration’s...
Jack Flemming - Los Angeles Times On a sunny Tuesday in Anaheim in the parking lot of a firefighter training center, a tiny house burst into flames while its neighbor survived. The fiery display was part of a demonstration showcasing the effectiveness of wildfire...
BARRY EBERLING - Napa Valley Register, Calif. Cal Fire in court papers said Pacific Gas and Electric owes it $1.8 million for dealing with the May 2022 Old Fire in Napa County, which it alleged was sparked by arcing wires. The state Department of Forestry and Fire...
A court convicted a former fire service chief and nine others for their roles in managing a 2018 wildfire that killed more than 100 people.
Max Reinhart - The Detroit News Air quality in Michigan continues to suffer from ongoing wildfires in Canada while warm and dry conditions stateside have allowed a fire in the Upper Peninsula to ravage several acres of Michigan woodland since Sunday. The...
Ethan Baron Bay Area News Group (TNS) With California still reeling after some of its worst wildfires on record ravaged Los Angeles earlier this year, Santa Clara County authorities this week approved artificial-intelligence-equipped, smoke-sniffing sensors to...
Sheri McWhirter - mlive.com Michigan’s forests face increasing wildfire risks as climate change worsens conditions everywhere. MLive recently examined that threat and a somewhat paradoxical environmental solution: experts say more controlled burns are needed to...
Hannah Poukish The Sacramento Bee (TNS) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is on the cusp of wildfire season, which experts warn could be worse than usual. “Outlooks for Northern and Southern California both paint a picture of a significant increase — (a) pretty...
Elise Schmelzer - The Denver Post A wildfire prevention bill championed by western U.S. senators — including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper — aims to fast-track some logging projects to reduce fire risk. But several environmental groups say the bill would sideline the...
Alexandra Duggan - The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. May 15—Fuel for chainsaws. Food and water for Pulaski-toting firefighters doing the exhaustive work of digging fire lines. Ample first aid kits with spendy epi-pens in case a wildland firefighter steps on a...
Mark Boswell, C.J. Sinner - Star Tribune Three wildfires in northern Minnesota’s Arrowhead region have grown quickly from a few hundred acres to several thousand, with new evacuations and reports of destroyed buildings increasing by the day. Red flag weather warnings,...
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