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U.S. Forest Service, Calif. Fire Agencies Battle Over Wildfire Aviation Policies

October 10, 2024

Kincade Fire Nearing 60% Containment as Aerial Firefighting Efforts Continue

October 31, 2019

As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, CalFire released information stating that the Kincade fire that has burned for more than a week has reached over...

Los Angeles Fire Department Plans To Increase Its Drone Fleet

October 23, 2019

The Los Angeles Fire Department is looking to increase its fleet of drones significantly to help bolster firefighting efforts around the city. Battalion Chief Richard Fields, head...

SANParks Completes Controlled Burn in Garden Route Park

October 23, 2019

SANParks has completed a controlled burn of more than 20ha of fynbos east of Kurland in the Tsitsikamma as part of its programme to...

State Provides Latest Cow Creek Fire Update

October 18, 2019

U.S. Forest Service officials confirmed a spot fire has ignited to the north of the original Cow Creek Fire and they are aware of...

Aerial Mesh Comms For Firefighting

October 18, 2019

An airborne mesh system combining multiple technologies is providing reliable comms for firefighting efforts. In 2018, the National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) recommended deploying Silvus Technologies meshing...

Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations Plans to Have Aerial Firefighting, SAR Helicopters

October 9, 2019

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 4, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Emergency Situations will receive 22 new Japanese firefighting engines in November, and 26 units of other, Russian...

Lost Canyon Wildfire South of Dolores is Contained

October 7, 2019

Fire crews on Friday mopped up a wildfire that broke out Thursday morning south of Dolores, said Dolores Fire Chief Mike Zion. The 2-acre Lost...

Australia is Not Prepared to Fight the Bushfires of the Future, Experts Warn

October 7, 2019

The bushfires of the future are already here. They burn earlier in the season, and more ferociously, and can interact with extreme weather events...

Bushfires: Government by reports

October 1, 2019

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...

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