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The Escaped Prescribed Burn In Oregon Isn't As Bad As It Looked... And It Looked Pretty Bad.

You Thought Fighting Wildfire In Dugway And Los Alamos Was Bad? How About The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone...

The "Anti-Lightning" Wildfire AI Tech Firm Skyward Gets $1M In Funding From British Columbia. Collaboration Trials To Begin In July.

Oregon Winter Warmest On Record, New Zyn Tax To Pay For Wildfires. Harrowing Account Of Burnover In Kentucky. Wildfire Pilot Fatality In Europe.

After A Short Lull, Wildfire Potential Is On The Rise: Record Low Topsoil Moisture Is Plummeting, Temps Predicted Well Above Normal.

Instead Of Telling Wildland Firefighters To "Make It Work," We Need To Help Them "Make It Work Better."

4 Firefighters Sustained Burns On Prescribed Fire In California.

USDA Submits 2026 Wildfire Directives And Seasonal Wildfire Priorities. Senators Send Letter With Questions About Forest Service ReOrg.

The Hummingbird Fire: The Southwest’s Canary In The Coal Mine.

Party Balloon Starts Wildfire That Burned Down 120+ Homes In Georgia. Bear Jaw Crew Disbanded In Arizona. Getting A Hotshot Crew Qualified.

Forest Service: "We Had More Illegal Drone Incursions Over Wildfires In 2025, Than The Last 7 Years Combined."

Southern Area Moves To PL4. State Of Emergency Declared In Georgia After 47 Homes And Wildfire Apparatus Burned.

Florida's On Fire, Montana Puts Up A Column, And Severe Drought Lingers On.

United States Wildland Fire Service Director Assigns Authority In New Policy Memo.

Wildland Firefighter Lit On Fire In Utah, Put Out With Hose Reel. Tree Strikes, Dozer Burned Up, And Why You Need A BiC Lighter.

The Future Of Wildfire Tech And The Wildfire Technology Summit: A Conversation With Western Fire Chiefs Association CEO, Chief Mark Niemeyer.

Department Of Interior Releases It's United States Wildland Fire Service Transition Plan. It Covers Everything You Could Imagine.

British Columbia Leads By Example, Passing Law That Mandates Creation Of Health Screenings For Wildland Firefighters.

In A Historic Move, OPM Moves Forward With Hazard Pay During Prescribed Fire Operations.

Department Of Interior Sets Operational Priorities For The 2026 Wildfire Season.

Crews Going Available, And Good Fire On The Ground: As It Should Be.

Colorado Implements Wildfire Robot "Roomba's". Wildfire Intelligence Apps File Lawsuits In California. And No, The Forest Service Is Not Shutting Down.

Early Season Wake Up: Burnover In Kentucky, Oklahoma, And Nebraska With Multiple Firefighters Injured. Comms Issues On Nebraska Fires Solved By Starlink.

New Presidential Budget Supports Forest Service Wildland Firefighter Unification With USWFS, And Supports The Wildfire Intelligence Center.

The Summer Wildfire Outlook: Overtime, Hazard, Broken Bodies, And Broken Minds.

Don't Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater: Navigating the Future of Aerial Wildfire Response in an Age of Innovation

California Wildland Firefighters Get Off Road E-Bikes For Response, Contractors Can Cut Once Again, Cigarettes Starting Fires In North Carolina, And The New Forest Service ReOrg Map.

Forest Service Announces Reorganization Plan: Deputy Chief Of Fire And Aviation Management, Sarah Fisher, And Associate Chief Of The Forest Service Chris French Join To Provide Details.

Wildfires Pushing North As Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maine And Massachusetts Pop Fires.

Helicopter Pilot Tries To Take Out Drone Over Active Wildfire With Bucket Drops. Drone Owner Fined $5K New Court Documents Reveal.

Helicopter Crashes While Conducting Wildfire Bucket Work Near Cape Town. Rotors Strike Cliffside While On The Drop.

1.5 Million Acres Have Already Burned This Year, Nearly Triple The 10 Year Average.

Forest Service Firefighter Unification Study: The Process Begins.

Forest Roads And Wildfires: New Study Looks At Ignition Density, Fire Size, Wildfire Causes, And The Roadless Rule. Fascinating Findings.

Wildfire Updates: Wyoming Fire Rips 1,600 Acres, 24 Fire In Colorado Grows To 7,400 Acres, 3 Crew Carriers Burned Over On The Cottonwood Fire.

Full Wildfire Operational Update: No, The 24 Fire Is Not Going To Burn Down The Space Force Facility. Tree Strike Report From The Black Cove Fire.

Pre Season Jitters: A Conversation About Training, And What My First Day On A Hotshot Crew Was Like. Minnesota Woman Fined $150K For NOT Calling In A Wildfire.

Utah Wildland Firefighter Transferred To Burn Unit After They Were Injured On The East Ute Plaza Fire.

Colorado Purchases Strike Team Of Large Wildfire Suppression Drones, Plans Permanent Drone Bases. Ring Cameras To Be Used For Wildfire Detection.

Record Wildfires In Nebraska, Big Fires Burn In South Dakota, And The Southwest Is Next. The Morrill Fire Nears 600,000 Acres.

Serial Wildfire Arsonist Arrested By North Carolina Forest Service And Georgia Forestry Commission’s Law Enforcement Units.

Nebraska Prescribed Burn Jumps Containment And Declared A Wildfire.

Colorado Enlisting Beavers To Solve Their Wildfire And Drought Problems. Fire Chief Makes The Case For Funding And FS Unification Into The USWFS.

The End Of Lightning Fires: B.C. And Alberta Wildfire Agencies Partner With Company To Stop Lightning. What Could Go Wrong...?

The 24 Hour Wildfire Suppression Rule Is Back, As Are Firing Op Limitations. Idaho Says They Will Fight Fire On A Credit Card After Budget Cuts.

Firefighter Charged With Arson After Setting Multiple Fires In Nature Preserve. Sen. Sheehy Releases Statement On Bridger Aerospace.

Early Summer Predictive Wildfire Outlooks: Significant Wildfire Potential Remains, But What Does It Look Like Compared To Last Year?

United States Wildland Fire Service Names 9 Geographic Area Fire Chiefs.

Wildfires Rip, Drought Is Expanding, And AI Replaces All The Desk Jobs. Wildland Firefighting May Be The Last Best Job.

Senators Send Letter To DOI Asking About United States Wildland Fire Service. Forest Service Admits To PFAS In Wildfire Clothing.

3 Wildland Firefighters Severely Injured On The Ranger Road Fire In Oklahoma After Their Engine Flipped Into A Canyon, Getting Burned Over.

Wildfires Rip Across The South: 200,000+ Acres Burn In Oklahoma. 2,000 Acre Fire In New Mexico, Multiple Fires Across Texas And Colorado.

New Wildland Firefighter Injury Study: What States and Forests Have The Most Injuries? Which Activities Are The Most Dangerous?

National Wildfire Cache Puts Hold On Issuing Kevlar Nomex Pants.

What's Next For The Wildland Firefighter Programs In The Forest Service And USWFS?

From Smokejumper To Congressional Candidate.

Leadership Change Announced: New Deputy Chief To Oversee Fire and Aviation Management Within The Forest Service.

New Meals Ready To Eat "MRE" Health Study Released: It's Worse Than You Could Imagine.

The Global Elite Want To Save Us From Our "Wildfire Problem." Should We Let Them?

President Trump Orders Decertification Of All Canadian Made Aircraft, Likely Affecting Numerous Wildfire Platforms.

4 Suspects Arrested In Chile After Widespread Destruction And 21 Fatalities From Wildfires.

United States Wildland Fire Service Launches New Logo Contest For Wildfire Employees.

Prescribed Fire Escapes In Arizona, Burning Over 4,000 Acres.

Congress Votes: Should Firefighters Be Able To Shoot Down Drones Over Wildfires? CAL FIRE Test Fully Autonomous Wildfire Vehicles.

Old School Firefighting, Fireline Stories, And Running Into Cardoza. Idaho City Hotshot Supt Retires After 34 Years In The Game.

Department Of Interior Officially Creates The United States Wildland Fire Service.

Arson In Argentina: Tourists Lighting Fires, Grenades Found, Authorities Issue $30K Reward For Information.

No, The USWFS Is Not In Limbo... As Some Reporting Suggests.

One Year After The Palisades Fire: Has Anything Changed, What Have We Learned?

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