A portable water tank is set up to fill the tank on the U.S. Forest Service’s Twin Otter aircraft, which was used in July at the Papoose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho. (USDA photo by Casey Teske) […]
A firefighter conducts a “burnout” operation at the Big Windy Complex fire in Oregon. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung) The U.S. Forest Service is out of cash for fighting fires. Again. For the sixth time since 2002, the Forest Service […]
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) continues to aggressively pursue legislation aimed at reducing the risk of wildfires to local communities — and senators are starting to pressure FEMA. On July 30, Udall and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced bipartisan legislation that […]
A MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130E makes a fire retardant drop on the Simi Fire in Southern California in 2003. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt Dennis W. Goff) Where are the air tankers? […]
Local level or national stage? Where should construction and implementation of a national wildland fire management policy begin? Think local, act local. It could be part of the answer to a national policy that is facing major challenges, criticism and […]
Crews conduct hazardous fuels reduction near the South rim of the Grand Canyon in August 2011. (Photo by Michael Quinn/Grand Canyon National Park Service) These days in wildland fire management, it’s about the numbers as well as policy. Number of […]