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As Idaho braces itself for another wildfire season, Governor Brad Little has designated May as Wildfire Preparedness Month. This declaration aims to raise awareness and readiness among residents, emphasizing the importance of…

Wildfires often spew plumes of toxic smoke throughout the western United States, eroding decades of improvements in air quality. But the impact of this wildfire smoke on human health is just beginning to be analyzed. A new paper by…

By Mark Jenkins Photographs by Thoko Chikondi…

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…

Spokane, Wash. – When the Gray and Oregon Road wildfires struck Spokane County in August, entire neighborhoods were evacuated, thousands of acres of rural farmland and forests were scorched, and 360 structures destroyed. President Biden…

U.S. Geological Survey geologists join county and state partners in California to assess the aftermath of the Montecito debris flow that struck in January 2018. (Credit: Young (CTR), Steven M.. Public domain.) When a wildfire…

As part of a series of actions contributing to the topic of urban heat and wildfire risk management in the Europe and Central Asia region, UNDRR has released the report, Flames of Change: Innovating heat and wildfire governance for…

HONOLULU – Citizens of the Freely Associated States, collectively known as COFA citizens, may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance for losses caused by the Aug. 8 wildfires and high winds on Maui.President Biden recently signed the…

In advance of a wildfire season projected to be among the worst, an American Thoracic Society (ATS) report calls for a unified federal response to wildfires with several components: Investment in research on smoke exposure and…

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March 28, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Proclamation TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, issued a disaster…

March 28, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Proclamation TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, issued a disaster…

Increased exposure to wildfire smoke is one of the most damaging effects of climate changeNasa's Earth Observatory Exposure to rising levels of wildfire smoke could lead to more than 10,000 additional deaths…

In the U.S., wildland firefighters are able to stop about 98% of all wildfires before the fires have burned even 100 acres. That may seem comforting, but decades of quickly suppressing fires has had unintended consequences. Fires…

Washington, DC, February 22, 2024 — To celebrate eight decades of Smokey Bear, the USDA Forest Service, the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) and the Ad Council are releasing a new public service advertisement (PSA) paying…

March 22, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to activate state emergency…

Mission The Wildfire Exchange project delivers an online learning hub for the development, exchange and consolidation of wildfire knowledge in the built environment between Chile and Australia. Wildfires can…

March 20, 2024 Corporations often seek to use their own employer-sponsored public charities or private foundations to provide financial assistance to employees in the aftermath of an unforeseen disaster or personal emergency hardship. …

NASA selected its Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge winners, awarding three teams $100,000 for their diverse, innovative approaches to address the escalating effects of wildfires and climate change. The challenge combined the expertise of…

The newly designed GeoMAC, a near real-time web mapping service hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey, is now available through any web browser compatible with mobile devices.   According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 36,689…

Editor’s note: The Fire Adapted Montana Learning Network (FAMLN) is a long time member of the national Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net), and is also connected to the Blackfoot Valley Fire Learning Network. FAMLN…

Vulnerable populations disproportionally incur the greatest losses during natural disasters1. The effectiveness of a community's plan to mitigate for and respond to wildfires can depend on its attentiveness to members of its vulnerable…

Wildfire smoke is a mix of gases and fine particles from burning trees and plants, buildings, and other material. It can cause irritation to the respiratory system, putting people vulnerable to smoke — including those with asthma,…

The West has experienced an incredibly wet winter season, with snow and rain in some areas of California reaching record levels. There is concern that this weather has contributed to excessive growth of flash fuels — grasses, weeds and…

6 months after the fifth deadliest wildland fire in U.S. history and the worst natural disaster in Hawaii’s history, the Maui Police Department (MPD) released a preliminary after-action report (PDF) detailing its response to the Maui…

This year, billions of people will vote in elections around the world. 2024 will see — and has seen — high-stakes races in more than 50 countries, from Russia and Taiwan to India and El Salvador. Demagogic candidates — and looming…

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: As the Lone Star State battles the largest wildfire in its history, Governor Newsom is authorizing the deployment of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and California National Guard personnel to support Texas in…

Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong Lahaina, Hawaii, resident spends so much time in the ocean that his wife jokes he needs to wet his…

The Smokehouse Creek Fire has become the largest wildfire in Texas history. Greenville Fire-Rescue via AP…

For Immediate Release:March 1, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Amarillo, Texas – With the Smokehouse Creek fire extending to nearly 1.3 million acres—becoming the largest wildfire in Texas history and the second largest in U.S.…

A firefighter battling the Smokehouse Creek Fire, near Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle. Gusty weekend winds were threatening to worsen a…

A firefighter battling the Smokehouse Creek Fire, near Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle. Rainfall offered some reprieve from the largest…

A firefighter battling the Smokehouse Creek Fire, near Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle. Texas emergency crews were struggling Thursday to…

Indigenous communities in California were exposed to about 1.7 times as much wildfire smoke, on average, as would be expected based on their statewide populations.…

Indigenous communities in California were exposed to about 1.7 times as much wildfire smoke, on average, as would be expected based on their statewide populations.…

Despite fewer wildfires in the past two years, the average number of days with heavy smoke in California’s air has been rising. Californians continue to express concern about wildfires, as the incidents of wildfires have…

February 27, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Proclamation TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, do hereby certify…

February 27, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Proclamation TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, do hereby certify…

Helicopters deployed near a vegetation fire. Credit: Pixabay The Climate Program Office’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) Program and National Integrated Drought Information System…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Last week, wildfire burned through 650 hectares of forest and scrub in Christchurch’s Port Hills. This is not the first time the area has faced a…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Last week, wildfire burned through 650 hectares of forest and scrub in Christchurch's Port Hills. This is…

Last week, wildfire burnt through 650 hectares of forest and scrub in Christchurch’s Port Hills. This is not the first time the area has faced a terrifying wildfire event.The 2017 Port Hills fires burnt through almost 2,000 hectares of…

Editor’s note: Nathan Burmester is the Coastal Plain Stewardship Manager for The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina. He also serves as an at-large board member for the North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council. In this blog, Nathan…

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails views a demonstration on screen in the Airspace Operations Laboratory at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Researchers presented the diverse, long-running…

The Climate Program Office’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) Program and National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) supported a new study that addresses a dramatic forest fire increase in the American…

Firefighters watch as the Fairview Fire burns on a hillside, Sept. 8, 2022, near Hemet, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File Extreme…

Climate change will not just affect our future—we’re seeing damage from it now. Extreme forest fires, warmer temperatures and prolonged droughts are just some of the ways climate change has impacted the United…

During a March 8 webinar sponsored by the NIEHS Mixtures Cross-Divisional Group, toxicologist Julia Rager, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), discussed her efforts to model and sample toxic exposures from…

Notably, Cohen’s research underscores the same solutions that scientists have already advocated for at the state, regional, and national level. Currently, however, an analysis from Columbia University finds that these efforts tend…

Editor’s note: Eliot Hurwitz is the Executive Director of the Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association (SSCRA), based in Lake County, California. Magdalena Valderrama is Program Director for SSCRA and a longtime FAC Net…