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Parts Of Canada Ban Hiking Due To Wildfire Risk, $25K Fine. Wildfire Contractors Write Congress Over Dispatch Concerns.
Smokey Bear making arrests in Florida. Tree Strike in Alaska while firefighter in tent.
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The Dragon Bravo Fire In Arizona Is Now The Largest Fire Of 2025.
Nation returns to a PL4 as Idaho, Colorado, and Southern California wake up.
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The Wildfire Workforce, Culture, And The National Wildfire Service: A Conversation With Angeles National Forest Fire Chief Robert Garcia.
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Fish Are Now Starting Wildfires In Canada…
What?!
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Rapid Extraction Module Support Teams (REMS). What's All The Fuss About? A Conversation With Robert Sepulveda Jr.
Robert is a REMS Leader and helped develop the policy and quals needed for REMS Teams.
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July 2025

Some Crews Are Sitting At Home, Some Are Sitting In Safety Zones. 100k Acre Monsters, Rain In Northern California, And A PL3 Heading Into…
It took 7 consecutive days of record-low humidity across the Grand Canyon for the Dragon Bravo Fire to push past 100,000 acres.
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Dragon Bravo Fire Nears 100,000 acres. As Fire Season Reaches It's Peak, Wildfire Contractors Say They Are Not Getting Called.
Monroe Canyon Fire in Utah now over 37,000 acres, full operational update.
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Dragon Bravo Fire Grows To Over 55,000 Acres After Running 4 Miles In Arizona. Monroe Canyon Now 27,000+ In Utah.
New Teams coming in for both fires.
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More Fire Vehicles Sabotaged In Alaska. Firefighters Pull Back To Safety Zones In Utah. Fire Activity Increases In The Grand Canyon.
Chainsaw injury update from Colorado.
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Forest Service Chief Sends Letter Covering Fire Season Staffing, Pay Cap, And More. USDA Starts Reorg. Plan, Directs FS To Phase Out The 9…
Update on boat accident in Alaska.
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Helping A Hotshot Who Sustained A Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury From A Tree Strike In California.
A family member of El Cariso Hotshot Renzo Reginato reached out to me today after I provided an update on the tree strike incident that occurred on the…
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Are IA Resources Losing Money Due To How The Premium Pay Is Being Interpreted? It Looks That Way.
New REMS Team requirements, update on tree strike in California.
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