Officials are rushing to thin forests, build fuel breaks around vulnerable communities and allow for planned burns By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will authorize $536 million toward forest management projects and...
20-year-old died after a UTV accident Wildland Firefighter Staff COLUMBUS, Ohio -The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced that a member of its forestry team died last month after an accident during a prescribed fire, according to WCMH. Selinde...
Seasonal federal firefighter positions would be reclassified as permanent LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s U.S. senators and nearly two-dozen representatives asked the Agriculture and Interior departments on Monday to transition their agencies to a...
There is still time to make homes and communities safer from wildfire National Fire Protection Association In the past few years, the U.S. has seen 40,000 structures destroyed, more than $25 billion in property losses, and 100 fatalities due to wildfire....
Remember the fallen with the lessons learned NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program In 2017, a 33-year-old state inmate was accepted into the state’s Conservation Camp Program which allows inmates to request assignments within...
Lesson sharing from the Wild Mountain Fire, September 2020 Wildfire Lessons Learned Center In the early morning hours of Sunday, September 6, 2020, a Brush Engine from a rural fire department responded to a wildland fire. While attacking the left flank...
Burns are to rid out invasive plants LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Burns on Michigan grasslands and at the edges of forests will be conducted in spring and summer to improve wildlife habitat. The burns get rid of invasive plants that can crowd out native plants....
More than half of New Mexico is dealing with exceptional drought By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed legislation that will clear the way for more prescribed fires as New Mexico...
The four co-sponsors of the national Wildfire Mitigation Awards have named the individuals chosen to receive honors this year in recognition of their exemplary commitment to community wildfire risk reduction WASHINGTON — The Wildfire Mitigation Awards...
A bill pending would bar new development in very high fire hazard severity zones By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's attorney general is challenging some of the state's largest suburban development projects as local...
Freedom Hill department loses rig in brush fire Wildland Firefighter Staff CREEK COUNTY, Oklahoma – News9 reports that a Creek County volunteer fire department lost their brush truck to flames during a grass fire on Monday. The Freedom Hill Volunteer...
An All-Hands fire at Box 4412 The Responder Date Recorded: March 4th, 2021 Area: Flushing Queens Location: Kissena Corridor Parm Queens 10-75 Box 4412 Engine 274 and 274 HMTU, Engine 299, Engine 320 Ladder 152, Ladder 167 Brush Fire Unit 7 Battalion 52...
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