Wildland Fire News

A selection of news releases and stories related to wildland fire management. For details about ongoing wildfires, visit the National Interagency Fire Center.

Year

Type

Wildfires: how do they affect our water supplies? (www.epa.gov)

10/04/2019

Environmental Protection Agency researchers have begun to look at the impact of wildfires on water supplies: the natural resource we depend on for drinking, irrigation, fishing, and recreation.

Eyes on the sky: a day in the life of an incident meteorologist (www.weather.gov)

09/30/2019

Incident meteorologists help keep fire crews safe by enabling fire managers to plan operations taking into account one of the most variable aspects of fire— the weather.

Aravaipa veterans crew certified as interagency hotshots (www.blm.gov)

09/27/2019

The Bureau of Land Management’s Gila District announced today that the Aravaipa Veterans Fire Crew has achieved certification as an Interagency Hotshot Crew.

As a mild fire season comes to an end, here’s how the Department of the Interior prepared for the worst (www.doi.gov)

09/25/2019

The Denver Post publishes an op-ed about wildfire preparedness from Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt.

North Zone Fire Management hosts their first Women in Wildfire boot camp (www.nps.gov)

09/20/2019

The Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park joined together to facilitate a Women in Wildfire boot camp.

Fire Forecasting Goes Into the Wild (www.nasa.gov)

09/19/2019

Researchers with NASA’s Applied Science Program use a prescribed fire to test fire forecasting models in the wilderness.

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.

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