Wildfire and Wildland-Urban Interface
Big Bear Hotshot Carlos Baltazar was last seen shortly after the line-of-duty death of the hotshot crew boss in the El Dorado Fire
A new bill could significantly raise wages for incarcerated firefighters, addressing long-standing concerns over low pay while ensuring fair compensation for those risking their lives
The fire service must heed relevant warnings to prepare for predictable major events and increase department resilience for the truly unpredictable events
The bill would also impose a maximum punishment of 15 years in prison and $15,000 fine if a drone causes a firefighting aircraft to crash
The fire captain and his firefighter-paramedic wife worked to save their neighbors’ homes even after their own was burned
Authorities say the men left a poorly extinguished campfire that sparked the fire Saturday, forcing evacuations of nearly 2,000 people
More than 200 firefighters aided by water-dropping aircraft focused on creating a perimeter around homes that were threatened
Firefighters contained the Southern California blaze to 1.5 acres; the mother bear was near the fire but not a threat to firefighters
The $5 million program will include California, Colorado, Montana and Oregon
The fire chief was grateful the lantern didn’t start a brush fire in his heavily wooded yard
The chief will oversee firefighting over 39,000 square miles in Mont., N.D. and parts of Idaho and S.D.
Authorities found remains in one mobile home that are so badly burned forensic investigators will have to determine if they are human or animal
Firefighters faced difficulty moving equipment to the island and traversing its heavy undergrowth
Nearly 300 firefighters are battling what officials call an ‘extremely dangerous, extremely volatile’ fire
The planned app would prohibit unmanned crafts from flying where firefighter planes and helicopters are flying to fight fires
Despite fears that stronger winds could make the fire resurgent and the challenges of tough terrain, containment was expanded from 10 to 15 percent by Wednesday night
The Washington DNR is arguing against a proposed oil-train depot on the grounds that it will boost fire risk to a level state firefighters cannot handle
The fires began Monday and have not destroyed any home despite their rapid growth
The boy’s father has been battling the Dog Head fire in New Mexico 16 hours per day
Firefighters contained 45 percent of a four-day-old fire in Calif. coastal canyons after 40-mph “sundowner” winds failed to materialize
Officials said the highway will likely close again, when a heat wave is expected to trigger the worst “sundowner” winds firefighters have seen so far
Firefighters battled the blaze in an area that hadn’t burned in 60 years
Hundreds of people were forced from campgrounds as winds gusting to nearly 40 mph pushed the flames through brush-choked canyons
“I’ve learned to just talk and listen, listen to people’s grief.... I’m not famous for being an Olympic gold medalist, I’m not famous for inventing the cure for cancer ... I’m famous for losing my brothers.”
The fire is burning east of the site where 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots died when they were overrun by fire in 2013
Video message to his wife: “It’s only a home babe. Love you. I’m safe.”
About 200 homes and some 500 to 600 people were under the mandatory evacuation orders
There is zero containment at the moment, although firefighters are receiving aid from the Bureau of Land Management
The fire destroyed 2,400 structures when it ripped through last month, forcing more than 80,000 residents to flee
Officials are said preventing non-native invasive species, particularly fire-prone cheatgrass, from coming back is a key part of the rehab plan
About 1,000 additional fire crews will help contain and fight the Fort McMurray wildfire
The study aims to explore correlations between several factors and firefighter health
Warmer weather and melted snowpack in the state has made wildfires more likely
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