Woolsey Fire killed three people and damaged over 1,600 structures LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison will pay $2.2 billion to settle insurance claims from a deadly, destructive wildfire sparked by its equipment in 2018, the utility announced...
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...
Lawyer Wants 2018 Colorado Wildfire Case Dismissed
Doctors find Danish man unable to stand trial By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for a Danish man charged with arson for starting a wildfire that destroyed over 100 homes in southern Colorado in 2018 urged a judge on Thursday to...
Yosemite National Park to Remain Closed after Wind Damage
Crews work to repair downed electrical lines YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Yosemite National Park will remain closed through the weekend after high winds that battered much of California knocked down two giant sequoias and caused millions of...
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...
Audio: Malibu Two-Alarm Brush Fire
Listen to Pacifico Incident Command Fireground Audio Archive Fireground audio from the two-alarm structure and brush fire in Malibu, CA on 1/17/2021. Audio is not in real time. The audio is used under a Creative Commons license from Broadcastify. Los...
California Winds Ease after Causing Fires, Power Outages
Wildfires occurred statewide LOS ANGELES (AP) — A windstorm that fanned brushfires, toppled trees and left thousands of Californians without power focused its remaining energy Wednesday on the southern end of the state, where forecasters warned of the...
New Mexico Lawmakers Consider Prescribed Fire Measure
Clarifying liability and creating certification for private landowners SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s energy and natural resources agency is putting its support behind legislation that it says would clear the way for more prescribed fires as the...
Fire Marshal: Arcing Power Lines Caused Reno Brush Fire
Brush fire burned 500-acre in the Sierra foothills By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Satellite imagery and surveillance video from a casino roof 5 miles (8 kilometers) away helped pinpoint arcing power lines in gale force winds as the...
Mayor Who Led Prescott after Firefighters’ Deaths Dies at 86
Kuykendall faced harsh criticism over refusing to extend full benefits to the families PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Marlin Kuykendall, the former mayor of Prescott whose tenure included the tumultuous months following the deaths of 19 firefighters in a 2013...
Fierce California Winds Fan Fires
Fires within the CZU Lightning Complex burn area were regenerated by high winds SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Months-old embers from a deadly California fire were blown back to life Tuesday by powerful winds that raked the state and prompted safety blackouts...