Wildland fires not only eat up fuels on the forest floor, but they also help adjust the overall structure of vegetation in the area. In turn, this helps act as an additional natural fuel ...

2025marble Complex Fire initially started 10 a.m. June 30 in Siskiyou County, California.

Southern California has experienced below-average precipitation this year, less than 70% of the typical average in most areas ...

2025marble Complex Fire initially started 10 a.m. June 30 in Siskiyou County, California. After being active for five days, ...

When wildland fuel distribution and ignition potential can be assessed, and the regions within a fire where intense energy in the form of heat is released can be determined, ...

The team was able to determine that, among all measures of forest fuel, such as canopy height or volume, the presence of ...

According to the federal register of the United States, the wildland-urban interface (WUI) exists where humans and their development meet or intermix with wildland fuel.1 Places referred to as the ...

Photo by Robert M. Winston For a variety of reasons last year's fire season saw almost double the number of acres burned than over the previous 10 years. In 2000, a total of 7,2250,965 acres ...

As part of the drill, it may be beneficial to review the terminology associated with wildland fire control, the types of fuels involved, and basic wildland fire control techniques (direct ...

A summit held June 12 in Aspen attracted leaders in the insurance, wildfire response, technology and real estate industries ...

PŌHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii -- Wildland fires in Hawaiʻi present serious risks to people, homes, communities, ... The fuel break prevented the fire from burning the pu'u.