Order seeks to double forest management practices to 500,000 acres SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to reduce the dangers of wildfires following some of the deadliest and most destructive blazes...
Forest Service Gains More Funds to Fight Catastrophic Wildfires
$3.2 billion for this year By KEITH RIDLER, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — There's a sense of relief at the U.S. Forest Service because of the billions of additional dollars made available by lawmakers over the next decade to fight catastrophic...
May 2018 National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook
Wildland fire potential and assessments Forest Service - National Interagency Fire Center - May 2018 National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook This product provides outlooks for the current month, the month following and a seasonal look at the...
Prescribed Burns Planned for White Mountain National Forest
Fuel reduction efforts in New Hampshire ALBANY, N.H. (AP) — Sections of the White Mountain National Forest will be set on fire in the next few weeks, depending on the weather. Such prescribed burns help improve habitat for wildlife, restore ecosystems...
Initial Fire Attack in the 70’s
How it was done years ago Wildland Fire LLC - This video was produced by the California Department of Forestry in the 1970's. https://youtu.be/eD_oA1wDQbQ
Brighton, CO Wildland Fire Training
Drone video of training on several wildfire subjects Brighton Fire Rescue District - Drone video captures wildland fire training at Station 52. The training focuses on apparatus familiarization with our new brush trucks, review of wildland strategies and...
FDIC 2018: Wildfire Structure Triage
An FDIC 2018 training event Todd McNeal Chief Twain Harte (CA) Fire Department Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. REGISTER NOW The class provides company officers and firefighters with the current tactical information necessary to...
Leaf Blower, Prescribed Burn Review
Leafblower uses and limitations tested (YouTube) bdelder42 - We perform a burnout operation around a dry wood deck at the Iowa Cooperative Burn Week in the Loess Hills. Here you get to see more of what the leaf blower can do and some of its limitations....
April 2018 National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook
Outlooks for the current month Forest Service - National Interagency Fire Center This product provides outlooks for the current month, the month following and a seasonal look at the two months beyond that. The main objectives of the National Significant...
Hotshots
The firefighter's firefighter Panorama of the Geronimo Interagency Hotshot Crew as they keep watch on their burnout along a forest road. The Geronimo Hotshots are from the San Carlos Apache Tribal Natural Resources Program, in San Carlos, Arizona. (USDA Photo...
Prescribed Burn Escapes Containment in New Mexico
Fire near Grants has burned nearly 300 acres GRANTS, N.M. (AP) — Cibola National Forest officials say a prescribed fire near Grants has escaped its containment and is now a wildfire that has burned an estimated 300 acres. They say the fire is located in...
Forest Service to Burn 200 to 600 Acres in Vermont
Prescribed burn in the Green Mountain National Forest RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says between 200 and 600 acres in the Green Mountain National Forest are going to be burned with prescribed fires as part of a project designed to improve...