Federal wildland firefighters report increased burnout, low morale

As the summer wildfire season gets underway, federal wildland firefighters are facing an increasingly difficult situation on the job, prompting about three out of four respondents to a recent survey of federal wildland firefighters to consider quitting within the past 12 months.

Federal wildland firefighters report increased burnout, low morale

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Heat, wind and drought conditions spark wildfires in US West

Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires across the West over the weekend, including the 34 sq mile Iron Fire in Utah’s Juab County, which forced the evacuation of the small town of Eureka southwest of Salt Lake City.

Heat, wind and drought conditions spark wildfires in US West

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Prediction and prevention: Robotic applications for wildfire management

As wildfires increase in both intensity and frequency, new technologies such as robotics, in the form of drones, fixed sensors and artificial intelligence models that detect ignitions early, can aid management efforts.

Prediction and prevention: Robotic applications for wildfire management

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National Fire News

National Interagency Fire Center officials reported that 74 new wildfires broke out on Wednesday, prompting them to increase the Preparedness Level to 3 (out of 5), in a year in which 33,349 wildfires have already burned more than 2.6 million acres nationwide.

National Fire News

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Why only a few wildfires become extreme

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Janice Coen, a Project Scientist III at the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology, published a study in the journal Fire which showed that extreme wildfires depend on three things lining up: conditions that make vegetation ready to burn, a short-lived weather pattern that can support rapid fire spread, and an ignition in the right place at the wrong time.

Why only a few wildfires become extreme

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Arson Expert: Palisades Fire was continuation of Lachman Blaze

A senior fire analyst refuted defense arguments at the federal arson trial regarding the deadly Palisades Fire in January 2025 that the Lachman and Palisades fires were two separate events, noting that the remains of the Lachman Fire smoldered underground for six days until it rekindled as the Palisades Fire.

Arson Expert: Palisades Fire was continuation of Lachman Blaze

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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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