A 23-year veteran Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter testified that his warnings were ignored when crews were ordered to leave the Lachman Fire on January 1, 2025 before it was fully extinguished, a mistake that would give rise to the Palisades Fire days later, which would go on to kill 12 people and destroy 8,000 homes in Pacific Palisades.

Firefighter felt ‘blown off’ after pointing out smoldering areas on Lachman Fire

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Dems want details on federal wildland fire service

Nearly a dozen Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday asked the Interior Secretary to halt creation of a consolidated federal wildland fire service, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, which would result from the consolidation of all the Interior firefighting operations into a single unit, until he can explain how it improves on existing firefighting resources.

Dems want details on federal wildland fire service

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2025 brought record drought, wildfires and windstorms to the Mountain West, report finds

The annual climate summary from the Western Water Assessment at the University of Colorado Boulder reported that 2025 brought widespread drought, massive wildfires and destructive windstorms across several Mountain West states, underscoring how closely connected those disasters have become.

2025 brought record drought, wildfires and windstorms to the Mountain West, report finds

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U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting

Following a ProPublica article revealing that the U.S. Forest Service had for years issued clothing to wildland firefighters that it knew contained potentially dangerous “forever chemicals,” the agency has stopped distributing those garments and will instruct its equipment manufacturers to avoid using PFAS in the future.

U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting

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In the aftermath of Australia's Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20, few policy questions have proved as persistent as how, exactly, to live with fire on a warming continent, leading to an unlikely battleground: the thinning of native forests.

After logging bans, Australia turns to “forest thinning”. Does it reduce fire risk?

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Rising Simultaneous Fire Weather Threatens International Firefighting Efforts

A fire scientist at the University of California, Merced who is the co-author of a new study published in the journal Science Advances reported that the number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy - ideal to spark extreme wildfires - has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even more in the Americas.

Rising Simultaneous Fire Weather Threatens International Firefighting Efforts

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National Wildfire Alliance Calls for Immediate Wildfire Policy Reset

The National Wildfire Alliance's spokesperson announced that, as the early fire season gears up across 11 Western States, its priorities include advocating for sensible wildfire policy, including extinguishing all wildfires during fire season through aggressive initial attack, reducing fuels, salvaging dead trees, replanting burned forests, and protecting communities.

National Wildfire Alliance Calls for Immediate Wildfire Policy Reset

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