Firefighting
FDIC 2018: Wildfire Structure Triage

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...

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Leaf Blower, Prescribed Burn Review

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....

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Hotshots

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...

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Prescribed Burn Escapes Containment in New Mexico

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...

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Forest Service to Burn 200 to 600 Acres in Vermont

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...

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USFS Interim Chief Confronts Misconduct Scandal

USFS Interim Chief Confronts Misconduct Scandal

Christiansen to take on harassment and bullying of women     By MATTHEW BROWN and DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — After a career spent battling wildland fires across the West, U.S. Forest Service interim Chief Vicki Christiansen must now...

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Female Firefighter to Lead USFS Amid Scandal

Female Firefighter to Lead USFS Amid Scandal

Move came roughly 24 hours after former Chief Tony Tooke abruptly retired     By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A female wildland firefighter has been tapped by the Trump administration to steady the U.S. Forest Service as it reels...

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Rape, Harassment, Retaliation in the USFS

Rape, Harassment, Retaliation in the USFS

Women firefighters tell their stories     PBS NewsHour - Women in the U.S. Forest Service aren't just fighting fires; some are fighting sexual misconduct in the most remote parts of the country. In an exclusive PBS NewsHour investigation, 34 women in 13...

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Fire Crews Burn 84 Acres of Louisiana Refuge

Fire Crews Burn 84 Acres of Louisiana Refuge

Prescribed burn to help longleaf pine trees   SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Fire crews have burned a small section of a wildlife refuge to benefit longleaf pine trees, which require periodic fires to thrive, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. Most of the 38,500-acre...

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California Fire Chiefs Seek Money to Prevent Wildfires

California Fire Chiefs Seek Money to Prevent Wildfires

Chiefs asked lawmakers for $100 million   By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California fire chiefs said Wednesday that reinforcements were too slow to arrive in last year's ferocious firestorms and asked lawmakers for $100 million...

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