Angela Rodriguez - The Modesto Bee Mar. 13—California is no stranger to wildfires — and some regions are more at risk than others. While most wildfires occur between April and October, "California faces the risk of wildfires all year now" due to the warmer and drier...
Kacie Yamamoto - The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Mar. 9—The fire sensor technology, which was developed by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and the U.S. Fire Administration in partnership with small business N5 Sensors Inc., will be...
Brian K Sullivan, Jessica Nix and David Stringer Bloomberg News (TNS) After a year of deadly wildfires around the globe, the world is burning again from Texas to Australia — and in some regions, the blazes are igniting early. Canada’s Alberta province said last month...
Mary Shinn The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (TNS) Feb. 26—Fort Carson fire crews are battling a second wildfire that started around 11:30 a.m. Monday. The new blaze, which is 100 acres and spreading quickly, is near the first fire that started on Sunday, a news...
Stephen Hagan - Gloucester Daily Times, Mass. Feb. 21—Cape Ann's fire departments have won a $131,000 state grant aimed at preventing and fighting wildfires. "It's for all of the Cape Ann towns," Gloucester Fire Chief Eric Smith said of the Massachusetts Department of...
Andrea Hancock The Norman Transcript, Okla. (TNS) Feb. 17—On Friday, the National Weather Center hosted the director of the National Weather Services to demonstrate an innovative partnership between Oklahoma meteorologists and Oklahoma Forestry Services. Since about...
Rachel Uranga - Los Angeles Times The couple whose pyrotechnics during a gender-reveal party set off what came to be known as the massive El Dorado fire in San Bernardino County in 2020 was sentenced Friday after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors. The couple...
Emma Epperly - The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Feb. 6—The Gray fire that devastated Medical Lake in August was caused by sparks from an Inland Power and Light security light mounted to a pole, a Department of Natural Resources investigation found. Multiple...
Gabrielle Porter - The Santa Fe New Mexican Feb. 5—What does it take to build a Hotshot firefighting crew from the ground up? How about two of them? New Mexico officials are about to find out. The State Forestry Division, part of the Energy, Minerals and Natural...
Sam Stanton - The Sacramento Bee A criminal justice professor who has worked at various California colleges pleaded guilty Thursday after being charged with setting a series of blazes near the massive Dixie Fire in 2021. Gary Stephen Maynard, 49, pleaded guilty to...
Joe Kovac Jr. - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution MACON — A man who busted into a remote cabin with an ax and set fire to a couch, sparking a blaze that burned nearly 700 acres in Middle Georgia’s Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, has pleaded guilty to first-degree...
Julia Marnin - The Charlotte Observer A man must pay $180,000 after federal officials said he started a wildfire with a shotgun loaded with flaming, incendiary rounds of ammunition. The blaze began April 30, 2023, soon after the man asked two people if he could...
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