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...
Michigan Crew Boss Academy Develops Firefighters into Leaders
[ngg src="galleries" ids="1" display="basic_imagebrowser"] 10-day class for wildland firefighters develops leadership Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Targeted News Service LANSING, Mich. - Three dozen wildland firefighters from around the country knew...
Video: Into the Tubbs Fire
Fire was on both sides of us CBS SF Bay Area - Raw Berkeley Fire Dept. video shows desperate battle with Tubbs Fire https://youtu.be/eORbmC_p13U
The Vineyard 2 Fire
How a grass fire changed the way a 130-year-old fire department does business Fire behavior had changed dramatically because of afternoon heat and high winds that were gusting up to 60 mph from the north. (author photo) By Shane Klippenes | FireRescue...
Brilliance in the Basics
Developing master proficiency with “everyday” tools to find success When identifying the target hazards in a community, the wildland-urban interface threat seems to weigh heavy on most of the minds of those who live in it as we ramp up for the wildland season....
Photos: Portugal, Spain Wildfires
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Forest Thinning Project Saved Homes from Fires, But Can It be Duplicated?
Forests across West are so overgrown they've been called powder kegs This Nov. 7, 2013, photo provided by the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project shows an unidentified worker burning a pile of collected undergrowth in the Deschutes National Forest in central...