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Paradise Survivors One Year Later

Paradise Survivors One Year Later

Residents return and rebuild after deadliest wildfire     By DON THOMPSON Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — There was "no way in hell" Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise. She'd thought she was going to die during the six hours it took her...

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Photographing Wildfires

Photographing Wildfires

AP photographers face risks capturing firefighting efforts     By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ Associated Press Dressed in flame-resistant clothes, heavy boots and carrying my two cameras, I spent a few minutes walking around and surveying the scene before starting...

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Snake River Hotshots 2019 Wildfire Season

Snake River Hotshots 2019 Wildfire Season

A look back with Snake River IHC     Isaac Coy The Snake River Hotshots are a Type I Interagency Hotshot Crew dedicated to wildland fire suppression. The crew is stationed in Pocatello, Idaho. In December 2014, the Snake River Hotshots moved into a new...

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Hotshot Bootcamp

Hotshot Bootcamp

A look at becoming a Golden Eagles hotshot     Andrew Oliveros - This 22-minute documentary movie short goes deep into the wildland fire academy's militaristic training methods and Marine Corps style of hardcore discipline to motivate young fire trainees....

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Video: Jurupa Valley Fire

Video: Jurupa Valley Fire

Fire quickly grew to over 300 acres     ONSCENE TV - 10.31.2019 | 12:39 AM | JURUPA VALLEY - A vegetation fire possibly caused by a pursuit crash burned more than 300 acres, early Thursday morning. Authorities responded to reports of a fire burning in the...

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Photos: San Bernardino Hillside Fire

Photos: San Bernardino Hillside Fire

Several residences destroyed     SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Strong winds fanned new fires in Southern California on Thursday, burning homes and forcing residents to flee in a repeat of a frightening scenario already faced by tens of thousands across the...

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Wyoming Hotshots 2019 Fire Season

Wyoming Hotshots 2019 Fire Season

A look back at recent firefighting     Jake Lang - Wyoming Hotshots 2019 (This video not endorsed by the USFS, USDA, or Bighorn National Forest) https://youtu.be/Mg2rNTJY1OA Song credit: Wolfmother - Joker and the Thief We do not own the rights to the music...

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Off-Roading in Oregon

Off-Roading in Oregon

Wildland interface off-road training     Bend Fire Department Training Division - Apparatus - Off Road Interface Course https://youtu.be/Jcd_PuC-s2U  

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Photos: Kincade and Dorsey Fires

Photos: Kincade and Dorsey Fires

Wildfire photos from Oct. 27     SANTA ROSA, California (AP) — With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California's governor declared a statewide emergency Sunday....

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Mutual Aid Exhausted in Disastrous California Wildfire

Mutual Aid Exhausted in Disastrous California Wildfire

Report out on 2018 Woolsey Fire     LOS ANGELES (AP) — A study of a disastrous wildfire that raged through Los Angeles and Ventura counties last year found the inferno presented unprecedented challenges to emergency agencies, according to a draft of a...

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