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RSF Association Partners with FireWatch to Get Aerial View of Community’s Fire Risks

The Rancho Santa Fe Association has teamed up with FireWatch, a service designed to empower communities to take action to reduce wildfire risk by...

Chico Air Attack Base Helps Fight Red Bank Fire

CHICO, Calif. — Cal Fire crews at the Chico Air Attack Base sent plane after plane to help fight the Red Bank Fire, Thursday afternoon. For...

A Delicate Aerial Ballet

Ground crews fought the Saddle Butte Fire with support from the sky, which turns out to be a complicated endeavor. As the Saddle Butte Fire...

Super Scoopers Arrive in LA County, Ready for Fire Season

Two significant weapons in L.A. County firefighters’ arsenal against brush fires have arrived, county fire officials confirmed Monday. “They are landing today — they’re going...

Fishhawk Fire Burns over 2000 Acres Near Yellowstone

A new wildfire reported Monday west of Cody burned roughly 2,000 acres in just a few hours. Spread by erratic, gusting winds, the Fishhawk Fire began...

U.S Department of the Interior Treats 117,000 Acres in Utah This Wildfire Season

With peak wildfire activity predicted in the coming months, the Department of the Interior has been working to implement preventative measures to limit the...

Two-Pronged Attack Extinguishes Peat Fires

 Aerial water-bombing together with ground attacks were carried out yesterday to extinguish the remaining peat fires in Kuala Baram, with fires across 615 acres...

The Pilots Who Fight California’s Wildfires

There are days here when you walk outside and just know. Step on a stick and it snaps. Grass crunches underfoot. It’s hot, and...

Navy Sub Killer Will Wage War on Wildfires

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 1958 U.S. Navy plane, once used to spot enemy submarines, will now serve as the newest asset for Kansas wildfires. The...

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