Wildfire

Southern California Edison Files Annual Update to Wildfire Mitigation Plan

Southern California Edison last week filed its annual update to its 2020-2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan with the California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety. The...

Launch of Upgraded Large Air Tanker Mixing Facility

A new automated Large Air Tanker loading facility at the Edinburgh RAAF Base in South Australia, part of a $20 million investment of Australian...

Greece Boosting Aerial Firefighting Capabilities

The repayment of an old debt to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) will allow Greece to strengthen its aerial firefighting capabilities this...

Mt Nelson Vegetation Fire Threatened 15 Homes in Southern Hobart, Caused by Brush Cutter

A brush cutter coming in contact with rocks and producing sparks has been determined as the cause of a vegetation fire that put 15...

180 Households Evacuated as Forest Fire Burning in Southeast S. Korea

A forest fire, which broke out in a southeastern coastal city of South Korea, remained largely uncontained on Thursday and about 180 households have...

New $14.5 Million Helicopter will Boost Ventura County Search-And-Rescue Missions

The Ventura County Air Unit is adding a new bird to the flock. County officials approved the $14.5 million acquisition of a Bell 412EPX helicopter...

Pilot Dies After Helicopter Crashes into Paddock While Fighting Fire in Northern Tasmania

A man has died after the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a paddock while fighting the Lebrina bushfire in north-eastern Tasmania. The 41-year-old  man was the sole...

Winter Wildfire Burns Southern California Homes

A wind-driven wildfire burned at least two Southern California homes Thursday and another caused a scare in coastal communities as drought and weather conditions...

Aregbesola Calls for Review of Law Guiding Bush Burning

The Nigerian Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has called for the review of the law prohibiting bush burning and the mechanism for its enforcement in...

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