Health Effects of Wildfires: Recent Research and What Clinicians Need to Know

With climate change likely to increase wildfire activity and the health issues that they cause, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health co-authored a new study based on data from California's 2020 wildfires on the health impact of wildland blazes on the public.

Health Effects of Wildfires: Recent Research and What Clinicians Need to Know

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Area firefighting pilots take practice run with giant helitankers in day, night conditions

Helicopter crews from the Quick Reaction Force serving Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange County fire departments demonstrated their night vision skills Wednesday evening in CH-47 Chinook and Sikorsky helitankers, operating out of the 69 Bravo helispot near Topanga Canyon in Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains.

Area firefighting pilots take practice run with giant helitankers in day, night conditions

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Governor Newsom Requests Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to Support Communities Recovering from Recent Wildfires Driven by Extreme Heat Wave

Governor Newsom requested a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to assist state and local response and recovery efforts in the counties of Siskiyou, Riverside, El Dorado, Placer, Madera, and Modoc, which were hammered by the Mill, Mountain, Fairview, Mosquito, Fork, and Barnes fires during the summer.

Governor Newsom Requests Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to Support Communities Recovering from Recent Wildfires Driven by Extreme Heat Wave

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The 13 Most Destructive Wildfires in US History

Following a year in which 59,000 wildfires burned just over 7.1 million acres, our first article today provides an overview of the 13 most destructive wildfires ever to burn across the U.S., topped by the 2020 California Wildfire siege, in which an estimated 4.4 million acres was burned statewide.

The 13 Most Destructive Wildfires in US History

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Rancho Cucamonga officials debut wildfire warning system

The Southern California Inland Empire community of Rancho Cucamonga announced plans to install a wildfire detection system called the FireBird, which is manufactured by Azusa-based Lindsey Fire Sense, capable of spotting wildfires as small as 5-feet-by-5-feet in size and reporting them to fire dispatch centers in just two minutes.

Rancho Cucamonga officials debut wildfire warning system

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Big Sur landowners band together to fight wildfires

Along California's rugged Big Sur coast, where self-sufficiency is a way of life, the next article chronicles how landowners teamed up earlier this year to fund their own fire suppression infrastructure, with large water tanks and miles of distribution pipes.

Big Sur landowners band together to fight wildfires

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What does forest restoration in the U.S. Southwest look like in the age of climate change?

Experts weighed in on three things that could reverse the loss of forests in the Southwest as wildfires continue to ravage the West, discussing how forest ecosystems might be restored in a way that increases resiliency.

What does forest restoration in the U.S. Southwest look like in the age of climate change?

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