A fast-moving wildfire pushed to the edge of Woodward neighborhoods and damaged nearly half of the city’s grass rigs, but ...
Fighting wildland fires is dangerous enough. The smoke exposure, changing conditions and mental health risks can be daunting, for even experienced firefighters. But federal wildland firefighters ...
Climate change is fundamentally changing ecosystems and their fire conditions, and the 2023 fire season highlighted the urgency of developing and implementing solutions to address wildland fires.
As fires burn the landscape, they spew airborne gases and particles, though their impact on air pollution might be underestimated. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. A ...
HOUSTON – You may have noticed the plume of smoke on the west side of town on Sunday, but fire officials say “there is no need for alarm.” Authorities are working to contain a grass fire in the ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued a verbal state of disaster emergency proclamation ahead of potential wildland fires. The proclamation was issued on Sunday, Feb. 15, due to an ...
Firefighters responded to multiple grass fires around 8 a.m. Monday on the northern side of Interstate 90 near mile markers 330-331, according to statements from the Park County Rural Fire District #1 ...
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says they’ve made an arrest into a grass fire that was set intentionally at Green River ...
DENVER (KDVR) — A structure fire sparked a wildland fire in the Allenspark area near mile marker 10 of Highway 7 on Monday afternoon. Just after 2 p.m. on Monday, the Allenspark Fire Protection ...
Gov. Kevin Stitt has mobilized the Oklahoma National Guard to assist fire crews in battling wildfires across the state, focusing on protecting homes and farmland.
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Jan. 12 signed an order establishing the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, a unification of programs previously part of six DOI agencies and offices.
The committee will examine how research on experimental fires can be improved to strengthen fire and smoke models for prescribed burns. The committee will: Identify relevant agency research projects ...