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The National Interagency Fire Center reported that 92 new wildfires were burning nationwide on Sunday, including four new large fires, as 28,710 personnel struggled to contain 80 large fires, in a year in which 48,960 wildfires have burned more than 7.2 million acres so far.

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Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight

The New York Times delved into the details of how federal job cuts have impacted wildfire response in a year which is shaping up to be one for the record books, with over 48,000 wildfires burning more than 6.5 million acres across the U.S. by mid-August.

Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight

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In record US wildfire season, firefighter entrapments hit 20-year high

The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center reported that U.S. firefighting personnel are being overrun by wildfires at the highest rate in two decades, leading to six deaths and dozens of injuries in 12 entrapments this year.

In record US wildfire season, firefighter entrapments hit 20-year high

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Feds visit Boise as new wildfire strategy takes shape

With the National Interagency Fire Center reporting that over 30,000 personnel are fighting more than 100 large wildfires nationwide, they raised the National Preparedness Level to 5, its highest setting, even as the secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior highlighted changes they say will improve the federal response to wildfires.

Feds visit Boise as new wildfire strategy takes shape

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High temps and drought fuel dozens of fires across the West, including near Reno, Nevada

Boise State Public Radio provided an interactive map which shows where scores of wildfires are burning across the western United States, including more than a dozen that are over 100,000 acres in size, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

High temps and drought fuel dozens of fires across the West, including near Reno, Nevada

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As new blazes emerge, crews battle nearly 200 wildfires across US

More than 20,000 people in southwest Canada and the western United States have fled their homes as more than 183 wildfires, including eight new large ones that were fueled by hot, dry weather, blaze across approximately 3 million acres.

As new blazes emerge, crews battle nearly 200 wildfires across US

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When tragedy strikes, America's wildland firefighters ask, was it 'somebody that we loved?'

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Brian Fennessy, Director of the US Wildland Fire Service, discussed a report on the deaths of three wildland firefighters from the Rifle Interagency Helitack Crew in late June which sheds light on the extreme and dangerous conditions they faced, and the impact on the tight-knit wildland firefighter community.

When tragedy strikes, America's wildland firefighters ask, was it 'somebody that we loved?'

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