#Wildfire

A new AI system that NYU Fire Research Group describes as a digital twin of an active wildfire has, in early testing, shown the ability to forecast how a fire will spread in near real time.

PM will also announce funding for specialised protective gear and the deployment of military aircraft

Fueling Discovery with USGS Wildland Fire Science is a public webinar series hosted by USGS Wildland Fire Science and the Ecosystems Mission Area.…

Partially burnt trees still standing after a wildfire are typically felled and burned, but a US start-up claims burying them instead will trap the carbon underground for centuries

With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA's FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dangerous level.…

By Dennis Luttrell Today, the number one issue facing our county is wildfire. The recent local publications have been raising awareness regarding our regional threat. Teller County in the top one percent of our country facing this ever-growing threat.…

Lake George Fire Protection District helped knock down a slash pile fire on May 8. The LGFPD was paged out for a fire on Park County Road 98 in Pikes Peak National Forest at 4:23 a.m. Upon arrival, they found a machine-made slash pile fully engulfed.…

Almost 2,000 wildfires have burned nearly 120,000 acres just since the start of the year, the Florida Forest Service said earlier this month.

A wildfire threatening homes near Whitecourt continues to rage a few kilometres southeast of the northern Alberta town.

From Space.com: A hidden wildfire pollutant causes thousands of excess deaths per year, satellite data shows

A study that assesses the effects of wildfires over two decades shows that wildfire smoke significantly raises ground-level ozone and contributes to excess deaths from wildfire smoke in the United States each year.…

As we transition into spring, wildfires are on the minds of many Canadians. In fact, wildfires have already started in some parts of the country.

Starting this year, Colorado is the first Western state after California with a statewide, mandatory building code for structures in the wildland-urban interface, where communities encroach on wilderness with wildfire potential.…

A rapidly spreading wildfire in Kern County ballooned from 100 acres to 2,000 acres within hours Thursday as crews battled difficult terrain near Ridgecrest, according to CAL FIRE.

New research shows every $1 the U.S. Forest Service spent to minimize wildfire risk prevented nearly $4 in damages.

From taxes on nicotine to hotel rooms, states are looking for ways to pay the skyrocketing bill.

The project utilizes the Forest Resilience Bond, a financing model combining public and private funding for accelerated forest restoration.

SALEM—Oregon’s wildfire season started early this year and is expected to last into October, according to state fire experts. The season is made more difficult by historic heat, drought and […]