PG&E barred from paying dividends as part or prevention plan By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday he will closely monitor Pacific Gas & Electric's tree-trimming this year and barred the utility from...
Burns will treat 200 to 600 acres RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Green Mountain National Forest plans to use prescribed fires in the coming weeks to treat about 200 to 600 acres of the forest. Officials say the fires are used to reduce heavy accumulations of grass...
Forest Service firefighter was killed in a helicopter crash in Texas The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Captain Daniel Laird, 41, of the United States Forest Service - Tahoe National Forest, on March 27, 2019. While...
Helicopter crashed during a burn in the Sam Houston National Forest Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle with permission MONTGOMERY, Texas (Houston Chronicle) - Authorities are investigating a deadly helicopter crash in northwest Montgomery County on...
Chief Todd McNeal focuses on fire potential at FDIC Todd McNeal Chief Twain Harte (CA) Fire Department Wednesday, April 10, 2019: 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM REGISTER The class presents company officers and firefighters with the information necessary to...
Utility pushed back at vegetation management By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pushed back Friday on a U.S. judge's revised proposals to prevent the utility's equipment from causing more wildfires,...
Order will apply only to 35 projects covering nearly 141 square miles By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Friday to bypass environmental regulations to prepare for the next wildfire season, a...
New ideas in building construction (CNBC) -It is impossible to build a fully fireproof home, but researchers are now focused on making homes at least fire resistant. They have to, because climate change is increasing the intensity of wildfires around the...
Time with the Nezperce Smokejumpers VOA News - They're called smokejumpers and, as you may guess from the name, they have very dangerous work. Their job is to parachute into the spot where a wildfire has started and put it out with the help of only a...
Prevention effort for communities near national forest NEBO, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has scheduled a 197-acre prescribed burn in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. The forest service says in a news release the burn is set for...
Attorney for USFS said project would reduce wildfire threats HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court has blocked a western Montana logging project while it considers a lawsuit that claims the project could harm threatened species. The 9th U.S....
Designed to withstand the rough treatment that drip torches often endure Controlled burns, prescribed burns, and backfires are all similar terms for a wildland fire that is intentionally lit to create a natural firebreak in front of a main fire front, to...
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