Wildland firefighter pay boost may become permanent in 2025
Jan 3, 2025 · Wildland firefighters. Credit: USFS. The supplemental pay increase was most recently included in Congress’ Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and will remain in place until ...
Wildfire Today - News and opinion about wildland fire
3 days ago · GoFundMe – A verified fundraiser page for many affected by the wildfires. The American Red Cross – Wildfire donation page that includes help to shelter families, serve meals, and support ...
Surprise late-season wildfires in northeast omens of things to come
Nov 12, 2024 · Credit: New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Drought played an integral role in the fires’ spread, with NOAA calling the Fall 2024 drought “historic” in a tweet on Oct. 31. “ 48 states have ...
El Dorado Fire couple finally sentenced - Wildfire Today
Feb 12, 2024 · The couple who ignited the huge 2020 El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino County, California by exploding a pyrotechnic device during a "gender-reveal party" were sentenced Friday after reaching a ...
Oregon's worst wildfire season ever in 2024 breaks acreage record
Aug 10, 2024 · Wildfires have burned more Oregon acreage in 2024 than ever before. The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Daily Situation Report for Aug. 9 estimated 1,387,541 acres burned so far. Officials ...
The Laguna Fire, 45 years ago today
At 6:15 a.m. PT on September 26, 1970 the Laguna Fire started on Mt. Laguna east of San Diego near the intersection of Kitchen Creek Road and the Sunrise Highway. By the time it was stopped on Oct ...
Data about structures that were destroyed by wildfires in each …
Nov 19, 2020 · I first got started on the management end of things in 1970 with the Kitchen Creek fire. I pulled a “task force” together from several of the local, county, state, and federal fire agencies.
Wildfire history of California, interactive - Wildfire Today
Jan 29, 2019 · California fire history map by Capital Public Radio. All fires in Southern California 1878-2018. Click to enlarge. We often hear, “It’s not IF an area will burn, but WHEN”.
Global wildfires made much more likely thanks to climate change
Nov 19, 2024 · Extreme wildfire events made the 2023-24 fire season record-breaking for numerous reasons: Canada’s largest wildfire ever spewing unprecedented emissions, deadly fast-moving fires in Hawaii and ...
Fighting a wildfire with liquid nitrogen? - Wildfire Today
Jan 7, 2020 · Hi I wanted to add a comment regarding the post for using liquid nitrogen to combat the fires. I personally think this is a serious possibility to the bushfire crisis and should be explored.