Wildland fires are unpredictable—spaceborne lidar is helping reduce that uncertainty
Recent wildfires are larger and more intense than they've ever been in the historical record. If you've been watching the news at any point in the last decade, that's no surprise.
Creating international testing standards for large outdoor fires
Large-scale fire events are on the rise, from the flames that raged for days across LA, to the widespread devastation seen in ...
5 approaches that experts say are our best shot at surviving future wildfires
At their peak, the devastating wildfires that ignited around Los Angeles in January forced upward of 200,000 people to ...
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Aurora firefighters return from LA with lessons, suggestions on fire safety
The brush crew from Aurora Fire Rescue that went and helped in the Los Angeles firefighting efforts said Coloradans need to be prepared for a wildland fire at any time of year.
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California tragedy sparks fears about growing desert wildfire threat
Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting our saguaros and our homes in danger.
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Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn
The impulse to restore all that the fires have stripped away may be a basic human one ... into the state's most fire-prone ...
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RoGO Communications Launches New DropBlock GPS tracking for Wildland Firefighters
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management field tested DropBlocks with six wildland fire handcrews, suggesting the smaller size and adding point-to-point data communications.
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You might see injured wild animals in fire areas. Here's what to do
The L.A. area fires that have destroyed homes have also burned through thousands of acres of wildland that’s home ... For the area hardest hit by the Eaton Fire: Pasadena Humane: 626-344-1129 ...
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Hughes Fire: Residents Begin To Return Home As Firefighters Gain Upper Hand On Blaze North Of L.A. – Updated
While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...
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Fire in the Navajo Nation contained
The road was closed in both directions before reopening. Drivers in the area were asked to use caution when traveling.The Wildland Fire Management monitored until 9 p.m. Tuesday before resuming ...
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Ski Resort Blaze Killed 20 Children, Fire Department Officials Among 11 Now Detained
Entire families wiped out, last words of victims revealed after the fire in northwestern Turkey killed 76 Musa Serdar Terzioglu/Anadolu via Getty Twenty children were among the 76 fatal victims of ...
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Fire tears through Turkey ski resort hotel, killing at least 76 people and injuring dozens more
Istanbul, Turkey — A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people and injuring at least 51 more, the interior minister said. Witnesses said ...