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Since 2020, when Fort Lauderdale Assistant Fire Rescue Chief Tim Heiser graduated from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) Master’s Program, he’s been trying to disseminate the core message and recommendations of…

Editor’s note: This week, our blog manager Annie Leverich is attending a Women-In-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX) in north-central Nebraska at the Niobrara Valley Preserve. WTREX, modeled after Prescribed Fire…

Public awareness of common fire risks is critical to saving lives and drastically reducing property loss. The public needs to understand that today’s structure fires can go from a small flame to flashover in just 3 to 5 minutes, leaving…

IAFF 10TH District Conference will be taking place April 8-9, 2024, in Hawaii. Robert H. Lee, President, HFFA, Local 1463 The IAFF 10th District Conference 2024 will be headquartered at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach…

Village in New Mexico, United States Angel Fire is a village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,216 at the 2010 census. It is a popular ski resort destination, with over 500 acres (2.0 km2) of slopes.…

The popularity of electric bikes and electric scooters (e-bikes and e-scooters) have grown a lot lately. Most use lithium-ion batteries to work. But if these batteries get damaged or used the wrong way, they can catch fire or even…

April 5, 2024 SEATTLE (April 5, 2024) – State and federal agencies and departments in Oregon and Washington have agreed to collaborate on addressing the escalating…

As Mexico entered peak fire season in March 2024, dry and warm conditions helped fuel the…

Editor’s note: Michael Caggiano is a longtime Fire Learning Network partner and Fire Management Specialist with the USDA Forest Service. Ty Aldworth is a Research Associate with the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. In this…

2009 fire in Thailand The Santika Club fire was a fireworks accident and nightclub fire that occurred on Thursday 1 January 2009, in the Santika Club in Ekkamai, Watthana, Bangkok, where New Year celebrations were taking place. 67…

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SANTA FE, N.M. — The FEMA Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office in Mora is growing. The new facility with expanded operations will open to the public Monday, April 1. The new space consists of two accessible buildings and a parking…

This in effect abolishes the monitoring of UN sanctions against the country, more commonly known as North Korea, blocking the extension of the panel for another year.Russia’s Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said the sanctions regime adopted…

Editor’s note: Emily Schlickman and Brett Milligan are professors of landscape architecture and environmental design at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). In this blog, they introduce the Pyro Futures exhibition and…

New research from the University of Montana suggests attempting to suppress all wildfires causes them to burn with greater severity. Credit: University of Montana /…

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Get the whole household in on the spring cleaning chores As we gear up for spring and tackle those home and yard projects, it’s essential to prioritize fire safety every step of the way. Please check out our helpful safety tips and…

WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su penned an op-ed reflecting on the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire published in Teen Vogue on March 25, 2024, the fire’s 113th anniversary. In it, the Acting Secretary recalled the lives…

Does intermittent fasting raise your risk of death from heart disease? That’s what you might think from headlines about early research presented at a recent American Heart Association conference – drawing skepticism from experts and…

Archaeologists uncovered a trove of artifacts, including this scorched axe, from a Bronze Age settlement called Must Farm. Cambridge…

When there is a potential for flash flooding in the forecast, the Bentonville Fire Department has a technical rescue team ready to help with any emergencies. “That's who takes care of our swift water emergencies," Battalion Chief…

Authorities in Gaza said 23 people were also injured while waiting for bags of flour and aid near Kuwait Roundabout.At least 19 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack targeting civilians who were waiting for aid southeast of…

An 82-year-old woman was hospitalized after a raging fire broke out in her Brooklyn home and began spreading to neighboring buildings, FDNY and police said Saturday. Firefighters worked feverishly to put out the massive blaze, which…

Few missions more acutely embody the maxim “space is hard” than Atomos Space’s first demonstration mission, which the company has managed to pull back from the brink of disaster — more than once. That demonstration mission, dubbed…

The mother of two toddler boys who were critically injured in a Washington Heights fire has been arrested on child endangerment charges, police said Friday. Skilyn Maldonado, 23, was arrested late Thursday after police determined she…

Forests, Vol. 15, Pages 563: Comparison of Different Models to Simulate Forest Fire Spread: A Case Study Forests doi: 10.3390/f15030563 Authors: Jibin Ning Hui Liu Wennan Yu Jifeng Deng Long Sun Guang Yang Mingyu Wang…

SANTA FE, N.M. -- The FEMA Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office may reimburse individuals for some costs incurred for hosting fire evacuees between April 6, 2022, and November 14, 2022. Compensation for hosting fire evacuees is…

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SYDNEY —  A federal parliamentary in Australia is examining the threat from invasive fire ants, which can kill people and livestock and potentially pose more of a danger to Australia than rabbits, cane toads, foxes, camels, wild dogs…

Aboriginal people use fires to manage the landscapePenny Tweedie/Getty Images Indigenous Australians have been managing the environment with fire for at least 11,000 years, according to an analysis of sediment cores…

Editor’s note: Ellen McGehee is a Fire Operations Specialist for the Watershed Research and Training Center (also known as the Watershed Center) in Trinity County, CA.  Ellen is also a violinist, and co-founder and host of the…

Featured technology companies included AccessVR, providing immersive scenarios, micro-training modules, and on-demand learning. Below: EvoLogics has developed underwater communication and positioning solutions with patented Sweep…

As of January 10, 2023, CISA will no longer be updating ICS security advisories for Siemens product vulnerabilities beyond the initial advisory. For the most up-to-date information on vulnerabilities in this advisory, please see Siemens'…

“Our firefighters and emergency responders face difficult situations, put others ahead of themselves and are often touch people’s lives each time they answer a call,” said Carl B. Glover Jr, CNIC F&ES Director. “They deserve our…

“Our firefighters and emergency responders face difficult situations, put others ahead of themselves and are often touch people’s lives each time they answer a call,” said Carl B. Glover Jr, CNIC F&ES…

“From the moment I got here, I’ve wanted to set the whole of Brisbane on fire,” reflects Andrew, the protagonist of Melanie Saward’s debut novel. Saward, a Bigambul and Wakka Wakka author, moved to Bracken Ridge in the northern…

SEATTLE – Mayor Bruce Harrell joined Seattle Fire Department (SFD) Chief Harold Scoggins, SFD Medical Director Dr. Michael Sayre and other leaders today to announce the launch of a new pilot program in Seattle that allows SFD’s…

SEATTLE – Mayor Bruce Harrell joined Seattle Fire Department (SFD) Chief Harold Scoggins, SFD Medical Director Dr. Michael Sayre and other leaders today to announce the launch of a new pilot program in Seattle that allows SFD’s…

Wildfire burns between 3.94 million and 5.19 million square kilometres of land every year worldwide. If that area were a single country, it would be the seventh largest in the world.In Australia, most fire occurs in the vast tropical…

A man who was shot and killed in a Brooklyn basement early Sunday went through a harrowing ordeal just a few months ago when he and his wife had to rescue their six small children from a fire allegedly started by their landlord to get…

Coastal wetlands have the ability to keep pace with moderate amounts of sea level rise by trapping sediments and sequestering carbon, raising their surface elevation. However, there has been ongoing scientific debate about how much…

Remnants of homes burned to the ground following the 2021 Marshall Fire in Colorado. Credit: University of Colorado at Boulder In the weeks…

1. IntroductionFirefighting systems are of great importance in the safety and protection of buildings from fire accidents . Traditional fire water supply systems rely on manual operation and inspection, which leads to slow responses…

7th Annual Waste & Recycling Facility Fires Annual Report Reported Waste & Recycling Facility Fires In The US/Canada 2016-2023 Ryan Fogelman, J.D., MBA How US and Canadian Operators Are Leading The World By Solving Their…

7th Annual Waste & Recycling Facility Fires Annual Report Reported Waste & Recycling Facility Fires In The US/Canada 2016-2023 Ryan Fogelman, J.D., MBA How US and Canadian Operators Are Leading The World By Solving Their…

The authors found that non-native plant cover was higher in plots measured after wildfires compared to prescribed burns or unburned plots. Cool-season short-lived grasses, such as cheatgrass, composed most of the non-native post-fire…

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Sea is “still making changes” and has yet to launch its popular mobile game Free Fire in India, more than six months after announcing plans to do so. Yanjun Wang, Group Chief Corporate Officer at Sea, said…