Wildfire Today - News and opinion about wildland fire
WEB4 days ago · News and opinion about wildland fire. “Google Research has been developing FireSat, a purpose-built satellite constellation to provide highly detailed insights, data for ecological intervention ...
Smokejumper Tim Hart passes away - Wildfire Today
WEBJun 3, 2021 · USFS photo. Tim Hart, the smokejumper critically injured May 24 in a hard landing while parachuting into the Eicks Fire in New Mexico has passed away. Tim had been flown via air ambulance to a ...
PBS explains how fire whirls and fire tornados form
WEBSep 2, 2021 · He said the average size of a fire whirl is usually 33 to 100 feet, with rotational velocities of 22 to 67 MPH. But a fire tornado dominates the large scale fire dynamics. They lead to extreme ...
Walk around a new BLM Type 3 heavy fire engine - Wildfire Today
WEBDec 4, 2021 · Pierce Manufacturing has produced a video walk around of the Bureau of Land Management’s Freightliner wildland fire Type 3 heavy fire engine, escorted by Scott Kiernan, Chief Engineer at Pierce ...
Congress appropriates $3.3 billion for wildland fire
WEBNov 6, 2021 · Friday night, four months after a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill with major funding for wildland fire passed the Senate, it was approved in the House of Representatives. About 0.3 ...
Officials say 207 homes destroyed in McBride Fire in New Mexico
WEBApr 15, 2022 · McBride Fire perimeter (in red) at 7:30 p.m. April 13, 2022. Seen also are fires from 2011 and 2000. The McBride Fire at Ruidoso, New Mexico spread further to the northeast Wednesday, burning an ...
A 9-year USFS aerial firefighting study left many questions …
WEBApr 16, 2021 · After 9 years and more than $11 million. Air Tanker 02 Drops on the Creek Fire on Camp Pendelton Marine Base, December 24, 2020. CAL FIRE image. -This article was first published on Fire Aviation ...
A brief look - wildland firefighter smoke exposure and risk of lung …
WEBJun 12, 2021 · Here is a very brief look at the effects of smoke on wildland firefighters, and below that, a longer look, in the embedded four-page .pdf document. By Kathleen M. Navarro, U.S. Forest Service ...
The True Story of the Pulaski Fire Tool - Wildfire Today
WEBAug 19, 2019 · Chrome plated pulaski presented to a retiring firefighter. On this day 109 years ago the fires of 1910 were burning across northern Idaho, Western Montana, and parts of Washington and Oregon. But ...
Cerro Grande fire, 10 years ago today - Wildfire Today
WEBMay 10, 2010 · Cerro Grande fire, 10 years ago today. On May 10, 2000, a fire that began as a prescribed fire in Bandalier National Monument burned into Los Alamos, New Mexico. In its most extreme state on May ...
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