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California Wildfires Prompt Tougher Rules for Utilities

California Wildfires Prompt Tougher Rules for Utilities

New state rules concentrate on areas of higher fire risk     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Devastating California wildfires this year — and expectations of more to come under the extremes of climate change — prompted regulators Thursday to toughen rules for utility...

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California to Set More Controlled Burns to Stop Wildfires

California to Set More Controlled Burns to Stop Wildfires

Goal for 2018 is to burn at least 31 square miles     CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's seemingly endless cycle of wildfires is prompting authorities to make plans to set more "controlled burns" to thin forests choked with...

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Lone Peak Hotshots 2017 Season

Lone Peak Hotshots 2017 Season

Video highlight of 2017     Utah Wildfire - Highlights of the 2017 Wildfire season with the Lone Peak Hotshots out of Salt Lake City, Utah. LonePeak.Utah.Gov https://youtu.be/INuGjyW1-xg

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It’s Time to Meet the Challenge

It’s Time to Meet the Challenge

Anchor and hold water delivery evolutions for structure fires in the wildland-urban interface     By Paul Shapiro | FireRescue Magazine Volume 12, Issue 12   The following information is quoted from FIRESCOPE, which is an organization the state of...

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Grow or Burn?

Grow or Burn?

Understanding the paradox of fire exclusion in the WUI     By Dena Ali | FireRescue Magazine Volume 12, Issue 11 According to the federal register of the United States, the wildland-urban interface (WUI) exists where humans and their development meet or...

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Colorado WUI Fire

Colorado WUI Fire

Wildland fire involves an apartment building     South Metro Fire Rescue PIO - At 1:38 p.m. on Monday November 27, 2017, South Metro and Littleton Firefighters were dispatched to numerous reports of a fire in the 6800 block of South Ivy Way. 911 callers...

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Cedar Fire Entrapment Report, Arizona

Cedar Fire Entrapment Report, Arizona

June 2016 fire trapped a Navajo Interagency Hotshot Crew     Wildland Fire LLC - This is the Cedar Fire Entrapment Briefing video which supports the Cedar Fire Factual Report. To access the report follow this link. Cedar Fire Entrapment/Fire Shelter...

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Stop, Think, and Talk Before Acting

Stop, Think, and Talk Before Acting

Working to mitigate threats to our safety     WildlandFireLLC - The Forest Service continues on a journey to build safe, rewarding and resilient workplaces for all employees. Life-Work dialogues build upon our sincere commitment to continually improve...

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Grow or Burn?

Grow or Burn?

Understanding the paradox of fire exclusion in the WUI By Dena Ali | FireRescue Magazine Volume 12, Issue 11   According to the federal register of the United States, the wildland-urban interface (WUI) exists where humans and their development meet or intermix...

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