Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires is blowing into U.S.

It's déjà vu all over again, as wildfires raging in Canada flood the U.S. with wildfire smoke, creating a milky haze over Midwestern skies today as smoke reduces air quality from Minnesota to Michigan and southward to Illinois and Indiana.

Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires is blowing into U.S.

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Cracks in the fireline: Report exposes gaps in U.S. wildfire response

A new white paper from the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment's Climate and Energy Policy Program reveals that a lack of available data on the wildland firefighting workforce, which is made up of federal, Tribal, state, local, and private firefighters, has hindered agency capacity to respond to wildfires and care for those on the front lines.

Cracks in the fireline: Report exposes gaps in U.S. wildfire response

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Feds Consider Giving Inmate Firefighters Pipeline to Employment

The Fairness, Inclusion, Rehabilitation, and Expungement for Incarcerated Firefighters (FAIR) Act, which would help fund job training, workplace and mentoring opportunities to ensure long-term employment for former inmate firefighters, has been introduced into Congress.

Feds Consider Giving Inmate Firefighters Pipeline to Employment

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Wildfire letter of intent 2025

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tom Schultz, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, issued a letter of intent for the Forest Service in 2025, stating that reducing the risk of wildfire is a key component of the agency's wildfire strategies.

Wildfire letter of intent 2025

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Wildfires through the eyes of the toughest firefighters

The author of "Wildfire Days: A woman, a hotshot crew and the burning American West," joined an incident commander from the British Columbia Wildfire Service and a fire behavior specialist and visiting fellow at University of New South Wales Canberra to discuss wildfires.

Wildfires through the eyes of the toughest firefighters

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Idaho firefighter injured in wildfire this past August out of hospital, deemed medically stable

The 26-year-old wildland firefighter who spent 230 days in the hospital after suffering a traumatic brain injury when a burning tree fell on him while fighting a wildfire last summer, is making significant strides in his recovery.

Idaho firefighter injured in wildfire this past August out of hospital, deemed medically stable

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Trump plans to merge wildland firefighting efforts into one agency, but ex-officials warn of chaos

The Trump administration’s efforts to merge the government’s wildland firefighting forces into a single agency has some former federal officials warning that it could increase the risk of catastrophic blazes and ultimately cost billions of dollars.

Trump plans to merge wildland firefighting efforts into one agency, but ex-officials warn of chaos

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BLM Recognizes National Wildfire Awareness Month (Part 3 of 3)

In the third installment of a three-part Wildfire Awareness Month podcast series, Bureau of Land Management officials discussed wildfire prevention education, the prevalence of human-caused wildfires, and the importance of public responsibility, such as preparing properly before recreating on public lands, checking fire danger levels, and reporting wildfires immediately.

BLM Recognizes National Wildfire Awareness Month (Part 3 of 3)

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Can we learn to live with wildfires?

The Environment Director of the European Academies Science Advisory Council warned that many parts of Europe are facing a large increase in multi-year droughts, leading to an increased probability of extreme wildfires.

Can we learn to live with wildfires?

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Wildfires 2025 review: ASEAN reduces emissions, but haze persists

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service reported on wildfire activity worldwide in the first four months of 2025, including deadly wildfires in Southern California in January, as well as in South Korea in March, and a record in burned areas for northwestern Europe during April.

Wildfires 2025 review: ASEAN reduces emissions, but haze persists

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House passes bill to help mitigate forest fires

The House of Representatives has passed the bipartisan Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act as part of an amendment to the Fix Our Forests Act, which allows the U.S. Forest Service to approve the removal of hazardous trees near power lines on federal forest lands without requiring a timber sale.

House passes bill to help mitigate forest fires

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Southwest Drought and Wildfire Summer Outlook Webinar

Drought.gov extended an invitation to a webinar to be held from 1-2 PM MT on June 3rd, which will examine current drought projections across the Southwest, where 65% of the region, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, are affected, elevating the wildfire danger this summer.

Southwest Drought and Wildfire Summer Outlook Webinar

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9 million people under red flag warnings as fire danger envelops upper Midwest

Red Flag conditions brought on by record-high temperatures, wind gusts of up to 45 mph, low relative humidity and dry conditions are elevating the risk of wildfires for at least 9 million people in the nation's upper Midwest states of Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana and nearly the entire state of Minnesota.

9 million people under red flag warnings as fire danger envelops upper Midwest

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Family of a helicopter pilot killed in a California wildfire reaches a $15 million settlement

The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his UH-1H helicopter crashed in 2020 while fighting the Hills Fire burning 10 miles south of the small Central Valley town of Coalinga, California reached a $15 million settlement with the company that maintained the aircraft.

Family of a helicopter pilot killed in a California wildfire reaches a $15 million settlement

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LADWP says it never ran out of water in Pacific Palisades during fire, so why did hydrants run dry?

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials reported that, although their system had not run out of water during the January wildfire in Pacific Palisades, when firefighters complained that hydrants had gone dry, the system was not designed to put out fires in multiple neighborhoods simultaneously and was simply overwhelmed by four times the demand it was designed to provide.

LADWP says it never ran out of water in Pacific Palisades during fire, so why did hydrants run dry?

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OroraTech partner with SkyFi to expand US access to space-based wildfire detection

Munich, Germany-based OroraTech, which specializes in real-time wildfire detection using nanosatellites equipped with thermal infrared cameras, is partnering with SkyFi, which is working with LA on post-wildfire imagery needs, to simplify how users interact with thermal fire monitoring data, enabling fast wildfire alerts and giving emergency responders a critical head start.

OroraTech partner with SkyFi to expand US access to space-based wildfire detection

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GOP pushes coordinated response ahead of wildfire season

A letter signed by 17 House and Senate Republicans, mostly from Western states, tells President Trump that “while some improvements to our federal wildfire response will require congressional action, we believe executive action offers the most immediate path to fostering interagency cohesion, streamlining outdated processes, and ensuring a robust response to wildfires.”

GOP pushes coordinated response ahead of wildfire season

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Trump’s 2026 budget proposes consolidating federal wildfire roles into single agency

The Trump administration has released its proposed 2026 budget, which includes a proposal to restructure federal wildland firefighting responsibilities by consolidating wildland fire management functions, which are currently divided between five agencies across the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, into a new Federal Wildland Fire Service housed within the DOI.

Trump’s 2026 budget proposes consolidating federal wildfire roles into single agency

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California intensifies wildfire prevention efforts as fire season begins

CAL FIRE San Diego County Unit officials discussed CAL FIRE's statewide campaign on the importance of preparing for wildfires year-round titled "Building a Fire-Ready Future: Strengthening Our Defenses, Together."

California intensifies wildfire prevention efforts as fire season begins

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Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010

A new study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution finds a “significant increase” in the severity of forest fires globally from 2001 to 2021, especially in western North America, parts of Siberia and south-eastern Australia, and that forests around the world are taking longer to recover from severe wildfires, potentially indicating forest decline.

Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010

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CAL FIRE Partners with TracPlus to Launch CATIS, a Next-Generation Platform for Wildfire Response

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Ani Radountcheva, Head of Marketing at TracPlus, sent along a press release about the launch of the CAL FIRE Aviation Tracking and Information System (CATIS), a next-generation aviation management platform designed to support the agency’s expanding operations and evolving mission needs, as well as a dramatic photo of CAL FIRE's C-130 Tanker 122 in action, snapped by Ryan Grothe.

CAL FIRE Partners with TracPlus to Launch CATIS, a Next-Generation Platform for Wildfire Response

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