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CAL FIRE: CZU Lightning Complex, Lessons Learned
Insight into the battle to suppress the CZU Lightning Complex fires CAL FIRE CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz CAL FIRE CZU Unit Chief Ian Larkin & Deputy Chief Nate Armstrong offer insight, via zoom, into the battle to suppress the #CZULightningComplex,...
NIFC: Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, May 2021
A very active wildfire season is expected National Interagency Fire Center Warm weather continued in March in most of Canada south of the 60th parallel, along the western Arctic Ocean coast,and across some of the Arctic islands, while slightly below...
Nevada Lawmakers Weigh Firefighting Coordination, Liability
Community risk reduction and suing arsonists to recover costs By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers on Wednesday heard three proposals about changing liability laws and helping fire-fighting agencies coordinate...
Northern Michigan Wildfire Contained, Not Growing
Wildfire began as a prescribed burn OSCODA, Mich. (AP) — A controlled burn that turned into a 6,100-acre wildfire in Michigan was 32% contained Saturday and not growing, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said. The fire was in Iosco County, which has part...
Initial Attack in the Wildland Urban Interface
Many firefighters lack direct experiential “slides” of a fire not being contained By Kevin Cashman | Fire Engineering For a century, America has faced a nonstop conflict against wildfire. The struggle has ebbed and flowed, and strategies have evolved,...
Wildfire LLC: Texas Dozer Swamper Broken Leg
"I just killed somebody. I just killed my ground man." Wildfire Lessons Learned Center and Texas A&M Forest Service On Sunday, January 17, 2021, Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) resources responded to the Tractor Fire in Burnet County, Texas....
Hover STEP Training
A brief look at helitack training in Colorado Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control Get a first-person view of what it feels like to exit a helicopter while it's still in the air. This process, known as a "hover (STEP) exit", requires...
Prescribed Burn Scheduled for Mississippi’s Deer Island
Removing Chinese Tallow and Cogon grass BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will intentionally set a fire on part of an undeveloped barrier island south of Biloxi. The prescribed burn is scheduled for Wednesday on the central...
California Targets Urgent Projects as Wildfire Season Nears
Last year’s record-setting wildfire season scorched more than 4% of the state By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California is in such an urgent race with another devastating wildfire season that officials began...
USFA: Ohio On-Duty Death
Roosenburg was participating in a controlled burn United States Fire Administration The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Wildland Firefighter Selide Roosenburg, 20, of the ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division...
Washington Senate Passes Wildfire Bill
Bill would provide $125 million every two years to boost wildfire response By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state Senate has unanimously passed a bill to create a dedicated fund to prevent and fight wildfires in...
