Wildfire and Wildland-Urban Interface
Boise residents worry about being trapped by wildfires as developments use single-access roads
USC research estimates retardant use has released 850,000 pounds of these chemicals into the environment since 2009
Fire marshals, inspectors and drone operators will organize operations for firefighters and create risk assessment models to identify possible future fire locations
Questions remain about how the asylum seekers will be moved on catastrophic bushfire risk days
A beach and a highway have been closed to give firefighters better access
They also were ordered to perform 500 hours of fire-related community service and pay $1,000 in restitution
The fire raised questions about a policy against nighttime helicopter water drops and whether budget concerns constrained use of resources
Current Forest Service officials dispute the findings; former officials describe the review as a “smoking gun” that exposes flawed tactics
The department waited to report the theft in case the equipment was taken accidentally
Firearms and explosives were responsible for more than 40 percent of the 82 wildfires reported at the sprawling base since 1973
The chief says his department does not have equipment necessary to fight a wildfire in the area
The firefighter came in contact with a downed power line; about 300 firefighters battled the fire
Several small fires have erupted as California is in the grip of a heat wave
His research has so far yielded seven peer-reviewed papers, with an eighth in the works on what happens when flames merge
The money will compensate the U.S. Forest Service for the costs of fighting a 2003 wildfire in Piru burned more than 63,000 acres
Three homes were destroyed and a fourth was damaged in the fire
Claims from about 200 people were being paid “on the spot,” and more claims were being filed
Ryan Seitz, 26, was fighting a brush fire when he was killed
The fire had burned almost 1,000 acres by noon Thursday
Residents expressed both frustration and gratitude at the response to a fire started by National Guard firing drills
Part of an insurance plan, they drove five fully equipped engines loaded with fire retardant
No one checked for a “red flag” high-wind warning before permitting a machine gun exercise in tinder-dry conditions; commanders waited two hours to call outside fire agencies
Firefighters fought the blaze for more than a week, then continued to help with downed trees and other clean-up efforts
Forest managers say fire mitigation efforts worked, by some measures, in the most destructive wildfire in state history
Four homes were believed to have been lost and at least 100 threatened early Monday; 1,652 homes had been evacuated
The fire erupted Sunday in the Lower Kern River Canyon and grew to more than 6,100 acres
The male homeowner, a 71-year-old volunteer firefighter, has not been identified; no charges yet
Officials believe the fire started from a fire pit
The second wildfire threatened additional structures
A federal judge in July declared that the government’s current plan for dropping retardant on fires is illegal
Crews hope to fully contain the fire by Monday evening thanks in part to work done by about 1,000 firefighters from 20 states