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• Rash of Colorado wildfires proves the time to prepare for wildfire is now

  
  NFPA Today — Authority: 118
  View Larger Map Weather conditions all over Colorado resulted yesterday in a rash of fires in many areas of the state, at least four of them considered large fires, with the Black Forest Fire and Royal Gorge Fire destroying homes and damaging infrastructure in the past 24 hours. In the case of Black Forest, a resort ...
  5 days ago

• Lake Tahoe area wildland fire on Kingsbury Grade

  
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  Around 3 p.m. Douglas County Dispatch in Nevada received a call of a wild land fire on the Carson Valley side of Kingsbury Grade. Approximately 1 mile from the top of Kingsbury Summit smoke was seen on the West side of State Route 207.   Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center reports that the fire is between 5 ...
  6 days ago

• A century of wildland firefighter deaths

  
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  I’m sorry to say that some wildland firefighters are likely to die in the coming months. Over the past decade, an average of 18 people have been killed each year while trying to suppress U.S. wildfires. I’ve created a dashboard to track fatalities among U.S. wildland firefighters and put together a short ...
  1 week ago

• Sometimes I Forget not to Forget

  
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  I did forget something super exciting we saw yesterday. The DC-10 air tanker. This is it landing yesterday after dropping on a fire in New Mexico. Holds 11500 gallons of retardant. Awesomeness No SHave Never. Filed under: Random Tagged: air tanker, big ass plane, DC-10, firefighters, wildfire suppression, wildland fire
  1 week ago

• U.S. Forest Service / California Conservation Corps Military Veteran Wildland Firefighter Training

  
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  Military Veterans Trained in Firefighting Techniques through Forest Service and California Conservation Corps Firefighter trainees dig out a fire line during the Forest Service and California Conservation Corps joint training session. (U.S. Forest Service photo) The  U.S. Forest Service  has partnered ...
  2 weeks ago

• NFPA Journal offers suggestions on ensuring proper development in wildfire-prone areas

  
  NFPA Today — Authority: 118
  The Earths changing climate (2012 was the warmest year on record in the contigous U.S.) is having a dangerous impact on wildfires; according to the National Research Council, for every degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) of temperature increase, the size of the area burned in the western U.S. could quadruple. As ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fast-moving fires in California, New Mexico force evacuations

  
  NFPA Today — Authority: 118
  This photo, which appears on Salon.com, shows a firefighting helicopter carrying a large water bucket behind a home that has been destroyed, one of at least five structures destroyed or severely damaged in what has been called the Powerhouse fire in Lake Hughes, Calif., early Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Credit: AP/Reed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Read the May issue of Fire Break, NFPAs wildland fire newsletter

  
  NFPA Today — Authority: 118
  The May issue of Fire Break, NFPA’s wildland fire newsletter, is now available for viewing. In this issue, you’ll find: Recommendations for landscaping, including which mulch is the safest to use in high-risk wildfire areas An updated Firewise Communicators Resource Guide with tips and templates you can use for ...
  3 weeks ago

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