A look at research into a better shelter By Dena Ali | FireRescue Magazine During my recent research project on climate change and wildfires, I learned that the fire shelters that wildland firefighters carry are not capable of protecting them from flames and...
Fire Shelters: The Last Resort
Recent burnover raises questions about emergency fire shelters By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — After flames trapped 14 firefighters in California and they had to use last-resort fire shelters to survive, questions are emerging about...
Wildfires Rage Across Western States
An eerie glow across several states By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires raged unchecked across parts of the western U.S. on Wednesday amid gusty and dry conditions, but forecasters said some...
Overrun, Firefighters Deploy Shelters in California Wildfire
14 firefighters overrun and injured By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — More than a dozen California firefighters trying to protect a fire station in rugged mountains were overrun by flames Tuesday, and...
PG&E Tries New Tactic in Power Cuts to Prevent Wildfires
Outages come as thousands of firefighters battle wildfires By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation's largest utility said Tuesday it is executing smarter and shorter power shutoffs after receiving widespread criticism last year when...
Wildfire Destroys 80% of Homes in Washington Town
Winds fuel Northwest wildfires By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wildfires fanned by high winds burned hundreds of thousands of acres in the Northwest, mostly destroying a small town in eastern Washington...
Shelter Deployment at Montana’s Bridger Hill Fire
Three firefighters involved in burnover Wildland Firefighter BOZEMAN, Montana – Three firefighters escaped serious injury while working on a wildfire in Montana on Saturday. The Great Falls Tribune reported that three firefighters with the Department of...
Vallfirest: Fireline Tools
Designed for the prevention and extinction of forest fires Vallfirest Wildland firefighting tools such as Gorgui and the Vallfirest extinguisher backpack are a demonstration of constant research and developing tools based on ergonomics and efficiency in...
Montana Hotshot Killed in Crash Leaving Wildfire
Helena Hotshot died in a vehicle accident Wildland Firefighter MISSOULA, Montana – The U.S. Forest Service has reported that a firefighter from the Helena Hotshot crew, Sarah Madsen, died in a vehicle accident returning home from a fire assignment. The...
Gender Reveal Device Causes California Wildfire
Wildfire has burned at least 11.5 square miles By FRANK BAKER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A couple’s plan to reveal their baby’s gender went up not in blue or pink smoke but in flames when the device they used sparked a wildfire that burned...
207 Rescued by Helicopter from California Wildfire
Campers trapped in Sierra National Forest By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and CHRISTOPHER WEBER SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in...
Firefighter Fighting Washington Wildfire Loses Entire Family in House Fire
Wife and children perish in Benton County fire FirefighterNation Staff BENTON CITY, Washington - KREM reported that a firefighter lost his family in a house fire in Benton City while he was working on the Palmer Fire, according to the Benton County...