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Bushfires: Government by reports

Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resources, Eva Lawler, on Saturday released “the Territory’s first Bushfires NT Volunteer Strategy 2019-2022”. It is not taking...

Hangar Expansion in La Ronge to Improve Aerial Firefighting Capacity

The province is trying to be more prepared when it comes to fighting forest fires in northern Saskatchewan. Environment Minister Dustin Duncan was at the...

Aerial Firefighters Take On Blaze Near San Diego

Helicopters were deployed on September 25 as firefighters fought a 50-acre fire near Lakeside, California. Cal Fire San Diego responded at around 12:50 pm local time and...

Residents Urged to Prepare for Bushfire Danger Period

The bushfire danger period for the Southern Tablelands, including the Upper Lachlan Shire, will commence on October 1. The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has...

Pilot Program May Change How Firefighters Combat Wildfires in SoCal

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (KABC) -- Leaders in the Southern California firefighter community demonstrated a tool they say could be the future of wildfire combat...

Airport Unveils Capital Improvement Plan, Terminal Modernization and Aerial Firefighting Facility

ROCK SPRINGS — Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport held an open house on September 19 and shared plans for a commercial terminal modernization project that...

First Innovative Firefighting Technology Contracts Come to California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday the award of two contracts for cutting-edge technologies designed to help combat the deadly wildfires. Under the contracts,...

Colorado Is First State Prepared To Fight Fires From The Air At Night

Our region is leading the way on training helicopter pilots to fight fires at night.  There are costs and hazards involved but the move could...

As Bushfires Worsen and Towns Dry Up, Fighting Fires is Becoming Almost Impossible

Fighting bushfires is only going to get more difficult for country towns close to running out of water. Some of the worst drought-affected areas have...

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