Hope—and Many Fears—Follow in the Wake of Trump’s Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Brian Fennessy, Orange County Fire Authority's Fire Chief, who will be leading the U.S. Wildland Fire Service as Director, joined experts discussing the pros and cons of combining the firefighting branches of five agencies into one.

Hope—and Many Fears—Follow in the Wake of Trump’s Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting

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Nearly three-quarters of western US overdue for wildfires, research indicates

New research presented at American Geophysical Union's 2025 Annual Meeting in New Orleans has found that nearly 38 million hectares of land in the western United States is historically behind on its burning, leaving those lands in a "fire deficit."

Nearly three-quarters of western US overdue for wildfires, research indicates

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Two and a half decades of United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000-2025

A new study published in the journal Nature Scientific Data harmonized six wildfire datasets to create the first nationwide spatial dataset of wildfire burn zone disasters, examining 6,212 U.S. wildfire incidents between 2000–2025.

Two and a half decades of United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000-2025

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Wildfire NOTD subscriber Ned Dawson, Publisher of Air Attack Magazine, sent along a reminder that the HeliOps/Air Attack 2025 photo competition closes in two weeks, noting that if anyone has any awesome photos they should enter them to have a chance at winning $10K in prizes.

HeliOps/Air Attack 2025 Photo Competition

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As wildfires mount, so do efforts to use less plastic

As worsening wildfires spur efforts to build homes with fire-safe materials, experts weighed in on the dangers of using plastic in home construction, noting that both the exteriors and interiors of homes utilizing plastic burn far hotter than do traditional building materials, such as wood or other natural products.

As wildfires mount, so do efforts to use less plastic

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House passes LaMalfa's bill to safeguard aerial fire retardant amid wildfire responses

The Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act, which aims to keep aerial fire retardant available during wildfire response, passed the House of Representatives on Thursday as part of the PERMIT Act, following a 2023 court ruling which concluded that the U.S. Forest Service needed Clean Water Act permits for retardant drops.

House passes LaMalfa's bill to safeguard aerial fire retardant amid wildfire responses

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Idaho firefighter injured in 2024 wildfire headed home after over a year of recovery

A wildland firefighter who suffered a traumatic brain injury when a tree struck him while fighting the Coffee Can Saddle Fire in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest in North Idaho in August 2024 is returning home following more than a year of recovery.

Idaho firefighter injured in 2024 wildfire headed home after over a year of recovery

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