IBM’s Call For Code hackathon takes aim at California’s wildfire problem

IBM and 42 Silicon Valley are hosting a hackathon in early May to get developers, engineers, designers, and First Responders together to brainstorm solutions to wildfires as part of its annual Call For Code challenge.

IBM’s Call For Code hackathon takes aim at California’s wildfire problem

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Dodd introduces wildfire warning legislation

State Senator Bill Dodd has introduced legislation that would establish the California Wildfire Warning Center, a statewide network of automated weather and environmental monitoring stations that would conduct fire-weather forecasting and threat assessment to help in wildfire prevention and response.

Dodd introduces wildfire warning legislation

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Is Governor's Plan to Prevent CA Wildfires Working?

A Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College weighed in on Governor Newsom's plan to use logging to reduce the wildfire danger statewide, countering that educating residents of wildfire-prone communities would do more good.

Is Governor's Plan to Prevent CA Wildfires Working?

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Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of ‘good fire’ isn't easy

Researchers from Colorado State University and the University of Oregon discussed how prescribed burns can reduce wildfire risks across the West, but also addressed some of the barriers to implementing a prescribed burn program.

Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of ‘good fire’ isn't easy

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Legislation to Reduce Wildfire Risk in California Passes Key Committee

California Senate Bill 182 will reduce the risk of wildfire damage to fire-prone communities by requiring strategic local planning for fixing existing at-risk structures; modifying local planning requirements to reduce fire risk through design; and reducing development pressure in high fire risk areas without compromising on regional housing goals.

Legislation to Reduce Wildfire Risk in California Passes Key Committee

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New Map Shows Prescribed Burns In Southwest Idaho

A National Public Radio segment provided a detailed map showing where controlled burns are being conducted across the Gem State this spring ahead of wildfire season.

New Map Shows Prescribed Burns In Southwest Idaho

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Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell defends funding to prevent wildfires

In a recent hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell pressed U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen on how the department might handle the upcoming fire season in light of President Trump's aim to cut funding for wildfire prevention from his proposed 2020 budget.

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell defends funding to prevent wildfires

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Wildfires, Invasive Grass Threaten Future of Western Sagebrush

As cheatgrass continues to spread across the the Great Basin, which covers most of Nevada, half of Utah, and sections of Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and California, wildfires that are fueled by the invasive weed are worsening.

Wildfires, Invasive Grass Threaten Future of Western Sagebrush

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Innovations and Lessons Learned From Australia's Wildfires

Craig Lapsley, the now-retired emergency management commissioner for the Australian state of Victoria, was one of the featured speakers at Southern California's Resilient Malibu Workshop series last week, which focused on building more resilient homes and communities.

Innovations and Lessons Learned From Australia's Wildfires

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Carr Fire: National Park Service lists 19 lessons learned

A National Park Service review of the Carr Fire, which leveled over 1,000 homes and caused eight deaths, indicated that fire and forest officials mostly responded well to the blaze, but might have been better off assembling a more advanced team to fight the fire a day or two earlier than they did.

Carr Fire: National Park Service lists 19 lessons learned

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CAL FIRE Awards $43 million in Local Fire Prevention Grants

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Scott McLean, Chief of Public Information for CAL FIRE, sent along a press release about CAL FIRE awarding $43 million in Local Fire Prevention Grants to fund 66 local fire prevention projects across the Golden State.

CAL FIRE Awards $43 million in Local Fire Prevention Grants

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We Fly: Thrush 510G Switchback

Flying Magazine provided a detailed look at the Thrush 510G Switchback Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT), looking at the history of how this nimble firefighting aircraft, which can also be used to reseed burn areas after a wildfire, came to be.

We Fly: Thrush 510G Switchback

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Technology Can Help Prevent Future California Wildfires

Forbes looks at how WIFIRE, which was designed to predict a wildfire’s path in real time, and NASA’s Assistant for Understanding Data through Reasoning, Extraction and sYnthesis (AUDREY), a system that is being designed to keep first responders safe while helping them make decisions on the fly, are assisting wildland firefighters.

Technology Can Help Prevent Future California Wildfires

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Destined to burn

The Sacramento Bee offered up a series of articles which explore the perils of living in wildfire-prone regions of the Golden State, and the steps that must be taken to avoid another wildfire catastrophe.

Destined to burn

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Midwest faces giant spring snowstorm, as Southwest braces for windstorms and potential wildfires

The National Weather Service is warning that high and sustained winds, combined with dry conditions, will increase the wildfire danger across much of New Mexico and corners of Colorado and West Texas today.

Midwest faces giant spring snowstorm, as Southwest braces for windstorms and potential wildfires

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Painted Wagon Fire near Wittmann burning slowly, fire officials say

The Arizona Department of Forestry reported that the 180-acre Painted Wagon Fire, which has destroyed two structures approximately 20 miles west of Wittmann, is 10% contained.

Painted Wagon Fire near Wittmann burning slowly, fire officials say

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Aircraft 'Increasingly Ineffective' Against CA Wildfires

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tom Lasser, a retired Lt. Colonel in the California National Guard, sent along an article in which Wildfire NOTD subscriber Timothy Ingalsbee, Executive Director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology, was among those calling into question the effectiveness of air-tankers on major wildfires, in part due to the way they are employed.

Aircraft 'Increasingly Ineffective' Against CA Wildfires

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Wildfire Season Forecast for Spring, Summer Month Shows Some Areas Have Increased Fire Risk

Newsweek took a closer look at the National Interagency Fire Center's forecast for the upcoming wildfire season.

Wildfire Season Forecast for Spring, Summer Month Shows Some Areas Have Increased Fire Risk

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This Data Startup Is Using Machine Learning And Aerial Images To Reduce Risks From Wildfires

Mountain View-based Cape Analytics, a data startup, is using images from the air and data analytics to identify homes most at risk from wildfires by telling how close vegetation comes to that home.

This Data Startup Is Using Machine Learning And Aerial Images To Reduce Risks From Wildfires

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Military-style helicopters return to Longmont airport for wildland firefighting training

Blackhawk and Lakota helicopters flying out of Vance Brand Municipal Airport are being used by the Colorado Army National Guard for wildland fire training in live bucket operations, with the exercise expected to run through April 12.

Military-style helicopters return to Longmont airport for wildland firefighting training

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What is the toll? California’s worsening wildfires, explained

An in-depth look at the factors contributing to increasingly deadly and destructive wildfires in the Golden State provides detailed graphics on the causes and the toll blazes have taken over the years.

What is the toll? California’s worsening wildfires, explained

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Task Force Rattlesnake completes wildfire training

The California National Guard’s Task Force Rattlesnake's 100 members completed wildland firefighter training with CAL FIRE at Camp Roberts on March 31 and has headed out to protect the Golden State’s communities from wildfires.

Task Force Rattlesnake completes wildfire training

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