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...
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...
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
USFS Engine 47 2017 Fire Season
Video highlight of 2017 Dillon McElvaney - LP USFS E47 2017 Fire Season https://youtu.be/AXuiwo2zOZc
Cowlitz County, WA Wildfire Season 2017
A wildland year end review M. POND - Cowlitz County Wildland BR-53 https://youtu.be/KCFFntmzDUY
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...
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...
Class A Foam: Applications for Structural and Wildland Firefighting
Register for this training event from Fire Engineering This discussion will cover the properties, applications and benefits of using Class A foam while performing wildland or structural fire suppression during all phases of the response. Join us for this...
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...
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...
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...
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...