Monday, June 15, 2026

Wildland firefighter health should be treated as fire infrastructure, urges emerging research focus


Wildfire NOTD subscriber Hunter Bassler, a Journalist at the IAWF's Wildfire Today, highlighted an editorial in the International Journal of Wildland Fire which addressed how the physiological and psychological stress that wildfire personnel are put under every fire season has quickly moved from the margins of fire research to the mainstream.

Wildland firefighter health should be treated as fire infrastructure, urges emerging research focus

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Friday, June 12, 2026

CAL FIRE Continues to Support Innovative Science Addressing Wildfire & Forest Health Challenges with New Forest Health Research Grant Funding


CAL FIRE announced the availability of $4.5 million in California Climate Investments funding and $3 million in Proposition 4 California Climate Bond funding through the Forest Health Research Grants Program for research proposals that advance scientific understanding and develop practical solutions to the urgent forest health and wildfire challenges facing landscapes and communities.

CAL FIRE Continues to Support Innovative Science Addressing Wildfire & Forest Health Challenges with New Forest Health Research Grant Funding

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Thursday, June 11, 2026

Light firefighting plane lands on its nose, pilot unhurt


A Hellenic Air Force PZL Mielec M-18 Single-Engine Air-Tanker did a face plant on landing on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, Greece, earlier today after the brakes failed to work properly during landing.

Light firefighting plane lands on its nose, pilot unhurt

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

CAL FIRE's new fire hawk and c-130 air tanker put to the test on Sorrento Fire


Just weeks after CAL FIRE showcased its newest firefighting aircraft during training exercises, both were called into action Monday as crews battled the 90-acre Sorrento Fire in San Diego County's Sorrento Valley.

CAL FIRE's new fire hawk and c-130 air tanker put to the test on Sorrento Fire

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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

SDG&E, Qualcomm and UC San Diego Launch Edge AI Collaboration to Advance Wildfire and Extreme-Weather Response


San Diego Gas & Electric, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography announced Edge Alert Sentinel, a new collaboration that will bring artificial intelligence directly to the front lines of wildfire and extreme-weather response.

SDG&E, Qualcomm and UC San Diego Launch Edge AI Collaboration to Advance Wildfire and Extreme-Weather Response

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Monday, June 8, 2026

Federal lab cuts could hamper fire forecasting efforts


Potential further cuts to federal science programs are threatening weather forecasts crucial to predicting wildfire behavior, of concern following an exceptionally dry winter which saw an anemic amount of snowfall across much of the Mountain West.

Federal lab cuts could hamper fire forecasting efforts

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