$3.8M grant will fund study of firefighter risks, interventions in wildland-urban blazes

Researchers from the University of Arizona's Zuckerman College of Public Health, working with fire service partners, will explore the health effects of fire exposure in the unique burn space of the wildland-urban interface.

$3.8M grant will fund study of firefighter risks, interventions in wildland-urban blazes

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Satellite data shows how drought changes wildfire recovery in the West

A new study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution uses NASA satellite data to reveal how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from wildfires, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts.

Satellite data shows how drought changes wildfire recovery in the West

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Ember Storms explained

University of New South Wales Canberra researchers are undertaking research that is providing new insights into how embers move during bushfires and how they interact with urban areas where there is the greatest risk of loss of life and property.

Ember Storms explained

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Powerful Lessons From Hotshot Supes

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Kelly Andersson, Editor at Wildfire Today, shared a story from Wildfire Magazine in which a former Hotshot imparted some lessons gleaned from Interagency Hotshot Crew supervisors over the years.

Powerful Lessons From Hotshot Supes

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In the Age of Fire Suppression, Only the Biggest Blazes Survive

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications cites a phenomenon called “suppression bias,” in which all but the most ferocious of wildfires are quickly extinguished, that is reshaping forests.

In the Age of Fire Suppression, Only the Biggest Blazes Survive

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Weather Alerts Issued in Eight States as Wildfires Burn

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement for Ohio, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and Minnesota on Thursday as weather conditions fueled wildfires burning across northern and central Virginia, mostly near the Shenandoah National Park.

Weather Alerts Issued in Eight States as Wildfires Burn

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A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

As urban sprawl increases the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) across the West, a ubiquitous, resilient and seemingly harmless plant is fueling an increase in large, fast-moving and destructive wildfires which ravage those WUI developments.

A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

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Tech Today: NASA Helps Find Where the Wildfires Are

NASA touted San Diego-based Technosylva Inc., which is providing firefighters with a wildfire monitoring service that combines Landsat satellite Earth-observation data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to predict and monitor wildfires and support post-fire recovery.

Tech Today: NASA Helps Find Where the Wildfires Are

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CAL FIRE Announces $10 Million Available For Forest Conservation

CAL FIRE issued a press release about $10 million in Forest Legacy Grants being made available to conserve and protect environmentally important privately-owned forestland across the Golden State, encouraging long-term stewardship in line with the goals of the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force.

CAL FIRE Announces $10 Million Available For Forest Conservation

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“It Feels Impossible to Stay”: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tom Lasser, a retired Lt Colonel and CH-47 pilot in the California National Guard, sent along an article from ProPublica which revisits the problem of the fire service finding it difficult to fill its wildland firefighter ranks, prefiguring what advocates are calling a national security crisis.

“It Feels Impossible to Stay”: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them

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Sen. Romney leads Washington DC hearing on wildfire management with Utah expert

Utah U.S. Senator Mitt Romney led a hearing in Washington D.C. on Thursday focusing on preventing, managing, and responding to wildfires during the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing.

Sen. Romney leads Washington DC hearing on wildfire management with Utah expert

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'The night might not save us': New study shows drought drives overnight burning of wildfires

A new study from a University of Alberta researcher published in the journal Nature shows that the slowing of a wildfire's progress overnight, which typically occurs due to cooler temperatures and increased humidity, often doesn't occur in wildfires burning amid drought conditions.

'The night might not save us': New study shows drought drives overnight burning of wildfires

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NFFE Calls on Congress to Pass Permanent Wildland Firefighter Pay Legislation Following FY24 Minibus

The National Federation of Federal Employees called on Congressional leaders to bring the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act before the House and Senate after Congress approved a funding deal with strong bipartisan appropriations support to maintain current pay levels for federal wildland firefighters through the remainder of the fiscal year, ending September 30th.

NFFE Calls on Congress to Pass Permanent Wildland Firefighter Pay Legislation Following FY24 Minibus

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Assessing silvopasture management as a strategy to reduce fuel loads and mitigate wildfire risk

A new study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports examined how silvopasture management, where livestock, forages, and overstory vegetation are carefully managed through livestock grazing, benefits the land and reduces the wildfire danger.

Assessing silvopasture management as a strategy to reduce fuel loads and mitigate wildfire risk

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UAFA Urges Lawmakers to Take Action After Texas Panhandle Fires Spread

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tiffany Taylor, Senior Policy Director at the United Aerial Firefighters Association, sent along a press release with an eye towards the Panhandle wildfires, in which UAFA members urged the government to organize our national firefighting apparatus in a more efficient, streamlined manner that ensures all Americans can expect to see aerial firefighting assets overhead as soon as they are needed, not days later.

UAFA Urges Lawmakers to Take Action After Texas Panhandle Fires Spread

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After winter storms, California can expect a late start to the wildfire season

Although a series of late-season winter storms has filled reservoirs, boosted snowpack and left forecasters anticipating a late start to California’s wildfire season, a Riverside-based National Interagency Fire Center meteorologist warned that it's just a little too early to tell at this point what the peak fire season months are going to look like.

After winter storms, California can expect a late start to the wildfire season

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Terrifying stories from the largest US wildfires that blazed into history books

As the Smokehouse Creek Fire continues to ravage Texas, burning over 1 million acres and earning the dubious distinction of being the fifth-largest wildfire in U.S. history, Accuweather provided a list of the five largest wildfires in history, which have scorched a total of 9.5 million acres collectively.

Terrifying stories from the largest US wildfires that blazed into history books

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Amount of US land burning in wildfires increasing: Report

A new study released by data-gathering platform Statista noted that the acreage burned in the United States due to wildfires has increased over the past 40 years, comparing the 1980s' and 1990s' tally of about 10-16 million acres burned in a five-year period with the 2000s-2010s, when that number increased to upwards of 30 million acres burned.

Amount of US land burning in wildfires increasing: Report

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NFFE Applauds Safeguarding of Wildland Firefighter Pay for FY 2024

The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) applauded the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations for passing the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which maintains current funding for federal wildland firefighter pay, protecting the additional pay bonus provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

NFFE Applauds Safeguarding of Wildland Firefighter Pay for FY 2024

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Texas Panhandle wildfire updates: The latest on Roughneck, Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce

Although firefighters have brought the massive Smokehouse Creek Fire to 15% containment after it burned over 1 million acres and killed two people, a new 300-acre blaze, labeled the Roughneck Fire, erupted near Sanford over the weekend, as the following article provides an update on the Texas Panhandle wildfires.

Texas Panhandle wildfire updates: The latest on Roughneck, Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce

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Wildfire risk up as humidity declines, temperatures rise in the Southwest, study shows

A new study published in the Journal of Hydrometeorology warned that firefighters will face bigger wildfires across the Southwest in the future due to increasing temperatures and decreasing humidity.

Wildfire risk up as humidity declines, temperatures rise in the Southwest, study shows

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