Dan Richardson, Underwood Conservation District’s Firewise coordinator, likens wildfires to physical ailments. Specifically, Richardson describes how fire was once viewed as acute, such as aContinue Reading
Applications are now open for the USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grants which must be submitted by October 5th at 8:00pm. A webinar is scheduled forContinue Reading
Currently there are 32 large uncontained fires in the United States that are being fully suppressed. Another 39 are not being fully suppressed: 17 inContinue Reading
The Desk Guide to Accelerating Implementation of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (46.9 Mb PDF file) is now available from the National AssociationContinue Reading
This year’s fire season is already shaping up to be worse than last year in terms of numbers. According to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center,Continue Reading
(CNN)As hot, dry weather conditions continue to fuel wildfires across much of the United States, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon has become so intense thatContinue Reading
Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a Northern California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday and forced the temporary closure of a majorContinue Reading
BLY, Ore. — An army of firefighters labored in hot, dry and windy weather Tuesday to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes acrossContinue Reading
An army of firefighters is working in hot, dry and windy weather to contain blazes chewing through forests and grasslands and burning homes in drought-strickenContinue Reading
A wildfire near Nespelem in Okanogan County burned over 10,000 acres and 7 homes after lightning sparked the fire Monday night. The entire town ofContinue Reading
