Report states falling tree debris killed battalion chief By DON THOMPSON and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter from Utah was killed last week from falling tree debris after a modified airliner dropped thousands...
A new 4x4 wildland urban interface engine HME Ahrens-Fox has announced that it will be launching a Wildland Revolution tour featuring its new Ahrens-Fox WUI™, a 4x4 wildland urban interface engine effectively merging the capability of existing wildland...
Narrow escape from Horse Park Fire in Colorado Two crew members were scouting a road for a potential burnout operation when their truck became stuck. They were unable to free the truck before the fire began to overtake them. The crewmember made the...
Inmates to foreigners join the fight to contain wildfires By JONATHAN J. COOPER and PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press UKIAH, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters said for the first time Wednesday that they have made good progress battling the state's largest-ever...
AP Fact Check looks at President’s tweets about wildfires By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is claiming that California's water policy is shortchanging firefighters of water to battle the state's raging...
Type 2 Faller fatally struck by a falling snag The Lolo Peak Fire was detected on July 15, 2017, at approximately 1430 (2:30 p.m.) in a unique section of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. The Bitterroot National Forest (Bitterroot NF) administers this...
Strategies for improving wildfire management By Dena Ali | FireRescue Magazine Volume 13 Issue 6 Profound environmental and land use changes have contributed to longer and more devastating wildfire seasons. In response, the United States Government...
The right things are the projects that probably have not been addressed because of the amount of work that goes along with them Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the inaugural Firefighter Health and Safety Cancer Symposium in Phoenix, Arizona....
Burn in Eastpoint covered over 800 acres BY BRENDAN FARRINGTON and GARY FINEOUT, Associated Press EASTPOINT, Fla. (AP) — John Matthew Polous watched a "controlled-burn" fire for three days as it consumed foliage outside his tiny community on the Florida...
REMS training with West Metro Fire Rescue West Metro Fire Rescue - West Metro has launched a REMS team- a rapid extraction/extrication team- specially trained and assigned to rescue firefighters injured during wildland fires. The team's first assignment...
Prescribed fire entrapment and burnover Wildland Fire LLC - This video describes the events that took place on the St. Sebastian Prescribed Fire Entrapment and Burnover in Florida on February 24, 2004. https://youtu.be/tlWTf53QboI
Prescribed burn grew out of control SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A wildfire in central Utah fed by dry conditions and swift wind has consumed more than 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) and burned a cabin. The U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday the Trail...
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