The Forest Service is overstating its wildfire prevention progress to Congress despite decades of warnings not to

NBC News reported on its investigation which found that, throughout the country, the U.S. Forest Service has falsified the number of acres treated to reduce the wildfire danger, in some cases multiplying the actual acreage treated two-to-six-fold.

The Forest Service is overstating its wildfire prevention progress to Congress despite decades of warnings not to

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Verizon Frontline connects first responders battling wildfires nationwide

With more than 60 wildfires actively burning in more than a dozen states across the West, the Verizon Frontline Response Team has deployed mission-critical communications technology in support of public safety agencies and the nearly 10,000 wildland firefighters currently on the front lines.

Verizon Frontline connects first responders battling wildfires nationwide

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FACTBOX-Wildfires breaking out across the world

Our first article today provides a list of some of the higher-profile wildfires that have occurred across the globe so far this year amid heat waves, droughts and the growing menace of climate change.

FACTBOX-Wildfires breaking out across the world

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Building wildfire-resistant homes can be affordable, new study shows

Despite the prohibitive cost of building wildfire-resistant homes in the past, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety shows that homes can remain insurable and avoid the kind of damage that too many communities across the West are now experiencing for much less money.

Building wildfire-resistant homes can be affordable, new study shows

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New research reveals that wildfires can influence El Niño

Scientists in the U.K. and Greece used a set of novel state-of-the-art climate model simulations of El Niño events to show the impact of intense wildfire emissions over Equatorial Asia on El Niño events in recent decades.

New research reveals that wildfires can influence El Niño

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Exploring the Properties of Textiles for Fighting Wildfires

A new study published in the journal Polymers detailed how advances in textile production are benefiting clothing used in wildland firefighting, which must protect the firefighter from thermal radiation and reduce burn-injury hazards, while being comfortable, light, breathable and porous.

Exploring the Properties of Textiles for Fighting Wildfires

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53 large wildfires burn across the U.S. amid heat wave threat

Despite the fact that 53 major wildfires are burning in California, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas, the National Interagency Fire Center warned Sunday that the worst may be yet to come, with the "potential for lightning followed by a heat wave across the northern half of the West."

53 large wildfires burn across the U.S. amid heat wave threat

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