Presumed disease program for wildfirefighters in effect this month in Victoria, Australia – Wildfire Today
Firefighters work to rescue their companion in Victoria, Australia. Photography by Forest Fire Management Victoria. The putative disease program approved by the Victorian Parliament last year came into effect on 14 September 2022. The program extends to wildland firefighters and includes “surge firefighters” who are government employees typically in other roles, but who perform firefighting […]
Senate unanimously passes bill to improve FEMA’s response to wildfires – Wildfire Today
Camp fire, November 8, 2018. NASA (Joshua Stevens) – NASA Landsat 8. When most people think of FEMA, what comes to mind is the agency’s assistance before and after hurricanes, hurricanes, and floods. Part of their mission and the ways in which assistance is provided were defined by the Stafford Act of 1988 and prior […]
Successive forest fires still show moderate fire behavior
Cloud cover has spread across the region recently, bringing some damp and cold weather to parts of the state. Unfortunately, those clouds also obscured the locations of active fires and our ability to see smoke in satellite images. Although it rained recently in parts of the state, it was not strong enough to put out […]
Wildland Fire Management and Mitigation Committee plans to meet monthly – Wildfire Today
The Ministers of Agriculture and the Interior almost attended the first meeting in Utah First meeting of the Wildland Fire Management and Mitigation Committee, September 14-15, 2022. After the first meeting of the new 50-person Wildland Fire Management and Mitigation Committee in Utah, September 14-15, some details about the meeting were revealed. Almost two of […]
Hurricane Ian pushes north winds and low humidity to most of the Southeast – Wildfire Today
Fire Weather Forecast on September 28, 2022. NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Anticlockwise wind rotation around Hurricane Ian generated northerly winds and low humidity in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Florida Range. The combination of a strong surface high to the north and a strong slope of pressure around the hurricane will result […]
NPR interviews locals and forest service personnel about fuel treatments and the Kaldor and Radford fires – Wildfire Today
Caldor Fire map showing the location of Grizzly Flats. The white line was the ocean at 8:20 PM on August 18, 2021. The red areas represent the heat detected by an aircraft at 6:44 PM PT on August 19, 2021. The flames continued to spread east, very close to South Lake Tahoe. National Public Radio […]
Expect high or severe fires on Tuesday and Wednesday in the vicinity of the Central Gulf Coast – Wildfire Today
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches, September 27, 2022. Low humidity and strong winds expected on Tuesday and Wednesday for the area adjacent to the Middle Gulf Coast bring an increased fire hazard to areas of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. A red flag warning goes into effect Tuesday afternoon in southwest Alabama […]
Forest Service seized PG&E equipment while investigating Mosquito Fire – Wildfire Today
The fire burned 76,781 acres and destroyed 78 buildings near Foresthill, California Mosquito Fire as seen looking at ENE from Auburn’s camera at 5:32 p.m. September 8, 2022. AlertWildfire. US Forest Service investigators working to determine the cause of the mosquito fire have seized one of Pacific Gas and Electric’s gas and electric transmission poles […]
Warm and dry until Tuesday, better weather for Wednesday
Dry and unstable conditions over the Cascades lead to increased smoke The high pressure peak responsible for our warm, dry weekend is peaking in strength today, bringing warm, dry conditions to much of the state. During the active fires in the Cascades, unstable conditions developed resulting in more active burning periods in the afternoon hours. […]
Smokejumper seriously injured on the job, diagnosed with cancer – Wildfire Today
Ben Kind and his family Ben Elkind was seriously injured during a training parachute jump on May 15. During his ninth year as a smoke jumper (six years earlier on the Hochcot crew) he dislocated his hip and fractured his pelvis during a hard landing. During surgery at the hospital they found six fractures and […]