Sitemap - 2025 - The Hotshot Wake Up
Wildfire Preparedness in Alaska Moves To PL4, Nationally PL3 Along With Two Other Regions.
Alder Springs Fire In Oregon Rips 2,500 Acres As Emergency Conflagration Act Invoked, Again.
164 Structures Lost Due To The Rowena Fire In Oregon. Trout Fire In NM Doubles In Size.
3,300 Homes Evacuated In Oregon. SW And Great Basin Pop Off. Saskatchewan Arrest Multiple Arsonists.
15 Crews, 2 CIMTs, 1 Air Tanker, And 92 Single Resource Personnel Sent To Canada From The U.S.
Employees Who Took The Deferred Resignation Can Now Respond To Wildfires.
Fire In The Sky, Drones For Firing Ops And More: CEO Of Drone Amplified, Dr. Carrick Detweiler.
Entire Communities Lost As Wildfires Rip 1M Acres+ Overnight In Canada.
In A Historic Move, The USDA And DOI Align Budgets To Create The U.S. Wildland Fire Service.
The 2025 Summer Wildfire Season Outlook: June Is Here, And It Looks Like It’ll Be A Rammer.
Canada On Fire: "Investigating The Availability Of International Resources."
CEO Of Watch Duty, John Mills, Discusses Developing Wildfire Tech And The Future Of The Company.
An Honest, Straightforward, And Very Human Update From The Associate Chief Of The Forest Service
Forest Service Chief: Attack Fires Early, Fast, Go Direct, And Fully Suppress New Starts.
FS Chief Schultz’s Letter Says Generational Change And Restructuring Coming To Agency.
23 Years As A Fire Wife: The Struggles And Joys Of Wildfire Relationships.
Firefighter Cancer Registry Reinstated And Once Again Actively Enrolling.
140+ Structures Already Lost In The Minnesota Fires, Sheriff Gives Cause For All 3 Fires.
National Guard Activated As Minnesota Fires Burn Over 20,000 Acres And 40+ Structures Lost.
Complex Incident Management Team Ordered To Minnesota, Multiple Wildfires Now The Brimson Complex.
Inconsistencies In Firefighters’ Paychecks As Back Pay Was Supposed To Be Included.
New Lawsuit In Montana Demands Forest Service Immediately Stop Using Fire Retardant.
A Beautiful Morning For Some Boots.
FS Chief: Temporary Measures Being Taken Ahead Of Agency Reshuffle. Congress Backs Wildfire EO.
The Fire That Won't Go Away...
2025 Fire Season Already Above 10 Year Average For Both Acres And Starts.
The Great Idaho Steak Debacle:
Canada And The U.S. Sign Wildfire Agreement. Wildfire Cancer Research And Tracking Reinstated?
Arson Charges Filed Against 19 Year Old In Connection To The 15,000 Acre Jones Fire In New Jersey.
Idaho Governor Signs Wildfire And Forest Management Executive Order.
A Nightmare Waiting To Happen:
Yes, There Is A Draft Executive Order For Wildfire. Here Is What's In It.
The Forest Service Program That's Flying Under The Radar.
The Great Consolidation: New "Super Regions" Being Proposed For Wildfire Management.
Everything Is Changing, Except One Thing... Fire Season Always Shows Up.
New RIF Plan: Consolidating Regions And Forests, Moving Wildfire Division Out of Forest Service.
3 Teens Arrested And Charged For Starting The 15,365 Acre Table Rock Fire In South Carolina.
California’s Growing Fuel And Wildfire Problem. A Conversation With Zeke Lunder.
Sleeping In The Dirt... It Could Be Worse.
New Report Blames The Forest Service, Not Power Company, For the Oregon Labor Day Fires.
Human Lookouts V.S. The Robots... A 35 Year Veteran Lookout, Zeyn O'Leary, Gives His Perspective.
Oklahoma Fires Destroy 400 Homes, Injure 140+, And Cause 4 Fatalities.
Senate Passes Legislation Permanently Increasing Wildland Firefighter Base Pay.
Two Regional Foresters Step Down, Announce Departure At The End Of This Month.
USDA Announces Terminated Probationary Employees Will Receive Backpay, Return To Work Planned.
Here Is Exactly What's In The Continuing Resolution For Wildland Firefighters.
Helping A Wildland Firefighter After An Unexpected Tragic Accident.
New Bipartisan Legislation Would Create A National Wildfire Response Standard.
Woman Arrested For Starting The 2,000+ Acre Covington Drive Fire In South Carolina.
Nearly 6,000 USDA Employees Have Their Positions Reinstated.
Mississippi Wildland Firefighter Fatality While Responding To Grass Fire.
All Signs Point To A Busy Start To The 2025 Fire Season:
California's Governor Declares A State Of Emergency To Expedite Wildfire Fuels Reduction Work.
Breaking: New Forest Service Chief Announced. Tom Schultz Is The 21st Chief Of The Forest Service.
Over A Dozen Wildfire Bills Introduced In The Last Month: Here's What's In Them.
Forest Service Chief Randy Moore To Retire March 3rd.
Forest Service, National Park Service, And BLM Start Rehiring Some Probationary Employees Removed.
"What Did You Do Last Week" Emails Go Out Agency Wide.
Los Angeles Mayor Removes LA Fire Chief This Morning Following The Palisades Fire.
USDA Cuts Over $100M In DEI Consulting Contracts.
A Letter From The Inside: Unjustified Terminations.
Supporting A Hotshot’s Family.
Update On The Positions Lost Over The Last 48 Hours. NPS, DOI, FS.
Navy Drops A Live Bomb 6 Miles Off Target, Starting A Wildfire In The Ocala National Forest.
Judge Declines To Block Deferred Resignation For Federal Employees.
Forest Service Asks Firefighters To Track Their Smoke Exposure After The Palisades And Eaton Fires.
California's Insurance FAIR Plan Get's $1B Bailout After The Palisades And Eaton Fires.
Today, The Department Of Agriculture Cut $9M in Contracts After DOGE Begins An Agency Wide Audit.
A New Wildfire Agency, Massive Grant Cuts, And A Hiring Freeze.
Legislation Introduced To Create New Wildfire Office: The Wildfire Intelligence Center.
Judge Extends Deadline For Deferred Resignations After 60,000 Fed Employees Accept Offer.
California Insurance Companies Say System On Verge Of Collapse After Palisades And Eaton Fires.
USDA Provides Clarification On Deferred Resignations, Offers Binding Assurances.
Monday Update On Hiring And Prescribed Fire Freeze.
Forest Service Ordered To Remove All References Connecting Climate Change To Wildfires.
All Fed Employees Offered Resignation Package. 8 Months Pay And Benefits If Accepted.
Forest Service Chief Postpones All Employees Call Until New Leadership Is In Place.
Moving The Forest Service, A Wildland Firefighter Family Support Program, And Water Bombs.
Following Executive Order, The Bureau of Land Management And Forest Service Remove All DEI Programs.
How Yesterday's Executive Orders Will Affect The Wildfire Agencies.
Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act Reintroduced With Bipartisan Support.
Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy: What Needs To Change After These Historic California Fires.
Firefighting Aircraft Struck By Civilian Drone Over The Palisades Fire In California.
California Wildfire Update: Debunking Crazy Theories, What’s Actually Happening, And The Aftermath.
First Fully Autonomous AI Lookout In Orange County Detects Wildfire In With No Human Intervention.
The Start Of The 2025 Fire Season: A CIMT And Nearly 400 Firefighters On An Arizona Fire.