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Trump Wants States to Clean up Forests to Stop Wildfires. But His Administration Cut off Funds

President Donald Trump's administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects funded through legislation championed by his Democratic predecessor.
Wildland firefighters cut a firebreak in Colorado

Should Arsonist Get Death Penalty if People Die in Wildfire? CA Supreme Court to Decide

Raymond Lee Oyler was sentenced to death for starting a 2006 Southern California fire that killed five firefighters.
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Cal Fire’s Predictions Didn’t Foresee the Altadena Inferno. Now It’s Changing Its Fire-Hazard Maps

Creating the maps is an arduous process that requires scrutinizing detailed data across the state and coordinating with the hundreds of cities and counties that…
Eddie Buchanan and company on wildfire management

Fire Service Data and Tech Talk: Innovations in Wildfire Management

Host Eddie Buchanan talks with Anthony Schultz of ESRI and Braniff Davis of the Austin (TX) Fire Department to explore cutting-edge strategies for wildfire mitigation.
crooked creek wildfire (NC)

Firefighters Contain 100% of Wildfire That Prompted Evacuations East of Asheville (NC)

Firefighters contained the rest of the Crooked Creek wildfire in McDowell County Thursday afternoon that previously forced families to evacuate from their rural Western North Carolina homes.
Otay (CA) Wilderness Fire

Nearly 6,300-Acre Fire Expanding East in Otay (CA) Wilderness as 700 Firefighters Fight Back

A wildfire in the rugged hills near the U.S.-Mexico border exploded to several thousand acres Friday, charring land near Lower Otay Reservoir before east winds yielded to an onshore…
firefighters battle California fires

Winds Picking Up in Southern CA; At Least Two New Fires Break Out

Winds picked up on Tuesday in Southern California and at least a couple of new wildfires broke out as firefighters remained on alert in extreme fire weather.
Volunteer firefighters

Where Did All the Bay Area Volunteer Firefighters Go?

As investments in Bay Area fire departments have grown in the wake of catastrophic fires around the region, several have opted to rely less on…
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Firefighters Make Solid Progress on Los Angeles Wildfires as Winds Ease Up

Firefighters made significant gains against the two massive wildfires burning around Los Angeles as the winds that are driving the fires finally let up.
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