A look at the second section on Engine 7 RFD Training Division - Engineer John Sierra of the Riverside City Fire Department gives a tour and overview of brush truck operations in Riverside City. https://youtu.be/uUBaqJpGW34
Virus Forces New Approach to Fighting Wildfires
Camps have always had a reputation for spreading illness By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — They are two disasters that require opposite responses: To save lives and reduce the spread of COVID-19, people are being told to remain...
Wildland Fire Research FASMEE
Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiments U.S. Forest Service - Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment, FASMEE, is an event for researchers to learn from a large scale wild fire and help add data to fire models....
Wildfire Plan Eyes 1,000 Miles of New Fuel Breaks
400-foot wide breaks connected in three states By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A plan to help in the battle against devastating wildfires creates fuel breaks 400 feet (120 meters) wide along 987 miles (1,600 kilometers) of roads in...
Judges Refuses to Approve Fire Victims Letter Attacking PG&E
Tuesday's courtroom wrangling focused on the real value of the $13.5 billion deal By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to put his stamp of approval on a letter to Northern California wildfire victims...
Boise Wildland Firefighter Academy Recruitment
Get ready for the 2020 season U.S. Forest Service - 2020 Fire Season recruitment opportunity. For more information visit the Boise Wildland Firefighter Academy website. https://youtu.be/wKzs0wTqrrE
Prepared for WUI Fire?
Is your structural fire-based department prepared? By John B. Tippett Jr., FireRescue Magazine Issue 3 | Volume 8 The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (www.nwcg.gov) defines the wildland/urban interface (WUI) as, “The line, area, or zone where...
Market Tumult Threatens PG&E Deal with Wildfire Victims
Half the promised payments to be made in PG&E stock By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Lawyers who negotiated a crucial $13.5 billion deal for the victims of deadly wildfires caused by Pacific Gas & Electric equipment...
Containment Progress on North Carolina Wildfires
Both fires began on private property ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Federal and North Carolina firefighters have made progress containing two wildfires in western North Carolina, the U.S. Forest Service said on Sunday. The Camp Daniel Boone fire in Haywood...
Firefighters in Ukraine Battle Wildfire Near Chernobyl
Radiation levels in the fire area exceed normal levels KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency teams in Ukraine on Monday continued battling a forest fire in the contaminated area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that has raised radiation fears. Police...
Firefighters Work to Contain North Carolina Wildfires
Helicopters and tankers made multiple water drops ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Firefighters kept working on Saturday to slow the spread of western North Carolina wildfires that have spread due to high winds, the U.S. Forest Service said. A fire that began on...
Another Member of California Fire Panel Resigns, Criticizes Utility Plan
Gowins resigned so she can publicly lambaste the $13.5B settlement By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The former chief financial officer for a Northern California city destroyed in a 2018 wildfire caused by Pacific Gas &...