Fuel reduction efforts dropped from the year before SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vastly overstated wildfire prevention work completed by his administration, according to a Capital Public Radio investigation released...
Vacaville, CA Prescribed Burn
Controlled burn and training Solana NewsNet May 26, 2021: Crews from the Vacaville Fire Department and nearby allied agencies set fire to dry vegetation on Callen Hill near Allison Drive on Wednesday as part of a controlled burn and training event ahead...
Calls to Increase Prescribed Burns Face Obstacles
"The program has to last forever." By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in the state's pine forests, many people thought he...
Arizona Lawmakers Advance $100M Fire Fund
Fires have been burning with increasing frequency across Arizona By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature advanced bills Wednesday creating a $100 million fund to respond to a wildfire emergency after hearing dire warnings...
Report: California Encourages Rebuilding in Fire-Prone Areas
1.4 million California homes are in areas identified as having a high risk of burning By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California state and local officials are encouraging rebuilding in areas destroyed by wildfires at a time...
Bringing Tech Innovation to Wildfires
Four recommendations for smarter firefighting as megafires menace the U.S. Natasha Stavros, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Record-breaking fires over the past decade suggest the western U.S. has entered a new era of megafires. Fire...
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Closes Due to Burnout
Crews doing a burnout to keep wildfire from monument SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in southwestern New Mexico is closed to the public while crews conduct a burnout operation to reduce the risk of a wildfire burning...
NFPA and Verisk Collaborate to Promote Importance of Community Wildfire Risk Mitigation
Verisk will use Firewise USA® boundary data to help develop underwriting analytics for insurers about properties that are part of community wildfire mitigation efforts National Fire Protection Association JERSEY CITY, N.J. — More than 4.5 million U.S....
USFA: Analysis of NFIRS Incidents in the Wildland Urban Interface
An Analysis of California NFIRS Data, 2009‑2011 United States Fire Administration The WUI is the area where housing and natural vegetation meet or intermingle. In the coterminous United States, between 1990 and 2010, the size of the WUI increased by 33%...
Experts: Oregon Fall 2020 Wildfire Season a Taste of Things to Come
Oregon is now starting fire season amid some of the worst conditions in memory By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press OTIS, Ore. (AP) — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren't too concerned. After all,...
The Wildfire Diaries, Episode 4
Meet Louis Evert, co-founder of the German organization Forest Fire Watch Vallfirest View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vallfirest (@vallfirest) Learn more about the Wildfire...
Everyone’s a Firefighter During National Wildfire Awareness Month! – Part 1
May is National Wildfire Awareness Month in the U.S. May 1 is Wildfire Community Preparedness Day in Canada WATERAX Where people and forests come together, wildfires are an issue. Wildland fire can threaten public safety and damage or destroy homes and...