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...
Training at the Black Hills Interagency Fire School SDPB - A week-long school for firefighter trainees is held annually at the Box Elder Job Corps Center near Nemo, South Dakota. The curriculum is a combination of classroom and field work. Students learn...
Challenging criticisms from the NFPA Division between the NWCG Wildland Fire Investigation Subcommittee and some members of the NFPA Fire Investigation Technical Committee leads to confusion By Alan Carlson | FireRescue Magazine Volume 13, Issue 4 “It’s time to...
Fire in 2017 destroyed dormitory By MATT VOLZ, Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Rebuilding a Glacier National Park backcountry dormitory that burned in a fire last year may temporarily scatter the mountain goats, grizzly bears and other wildlife...
An overview of LCES Wildland Fire LLC - This video on fireline lookouts was produced by the USDA Forest Service, National Technology & Development Program (NTDP) and was released in March 2018. https://youtu.be/7B6mHWm0fzs
C-130’s training with MAFFS airailimages - C-130 crews from four airlift wings that have the specialized aerial firefighting assignment convened at McClellan Reload Base near Sacramento, California, in April 2018 for a week of training with the Modular...
Third attempt at prescribed burn in this area FARMINGTON, N.H. (AP) — A portion of the blueberry barrens atop New Hampshire's Blue Job Mountain in Farmington will be set on fire to maintain important habitats and benefit a variety of wildlife. The...
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