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Fast Fire Facts from USGS (www.usgs.gov)

09/16/2019

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has researchers studying and modeling the impacts of wildland fires from Florida to Alaska. Here’s what you need to know about wildland fire and the USGS role in wildland fire science.

Protecting Cliff Dwellings from Wildfire (www.nps.gov)

09/04/2019

National Park Service employees and local partners take action to protect prehistoric cliff dwellings from an advancing wildfire at Tonto National Monument.

Interior Transfers Wildland Fire Engine to De Beque Fire Protection District (www.doi.gov)

08/22/2019

The engine was transferred under BLM’s Rural Fire Readiness Program, which is designed to provide equipment to local wildland firefighting partners at no cost.

Sampling the Castle Fire (earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

08/22/2019

On August 12-13, researchers flew instrumented aircraft through the smoky skies to learn what chemicals were rising in the plumes and how those compounds evolve and disperse over the course of the fire’s lifespan.

FEMA Authorizes Federal Funds to Help Fight Alaska’s McKinley Fire (www.fema.gov)

08/20/2019

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the McKinley Fire burning in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

DOI to Treat More Than 1.2M Acres this Wildfire Season, Resources Mobilized across the Nation (www.doi.gov)

08/16/2019

With peak wildfire activity predicted in the coming months, the Department of the Interior has been working tirelessly to implement preventative measures to limit the size and scope of wildfires, treat current wildfires already underway, and protect wildfire-prone areas to best safeguard people and their communities.

Yosemite National Park Rescue Medic Heather Wonenberg Awarded the 2018 Outstanding Wildfire EMS Individual of the Year (www.nps.gov)

08/15/2019

National award recognizes outstanding work in the area of emergency medical service for our Nation’s Wildland Firefighters.

FEMA Releases the National Mitigation Investment Strategy (www.fema.gov)

08/14/2019

On August 13, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its federal partners, in close coordination with experts across governmental agencies, academia and non-governmental organizations, released the National Mitigation Investment Strategy.

Flying through a Fire Cloud (earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

08/13/2019

On August 8, 2019, a team of atmospheric scientists got a rare look at pyrocumulonimbus clouds as they were forming above a fire in eastern Washington.

Multi-agency Effort Goes Deep Inside a Fire (www.usda.gov)

08/13/2019

Forest fires often reach or exceed temperatures of 2,000° Fahrenheit—that’s equivalent to one-fifth the temperature of the surface of the sun. What is the impact of such high temperatures on the soil and plants of our forests? USDA Forest Service scientists and others with the interagency Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) teamed up with the Fishlake National Forest Richfield Ranger District to study a prescribed fire from start to finish.

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