MOU Development: DOF and VDEM will work to create a new Wildfire Annex to better integrate wildfire management into the Commonwealth’s State Emergency Operations Plan, ensuring preparedness and ...
Virginia Department of Fire Programs and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to ensure the Commonwealth remains in the top echelon of preparedness, prevention and response,” said Cole.
Oct. 17, 2024 — A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive ...
Conditions are so ripe for fires to spread out of control that today the National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning in certain areas of the United States, including right up to the ...
The San Carlos Apache Tribe has declared a state of emergency as a wildfire continues to burn over two thousand acres in eastern Arizona. The Arizona Humane Society is sending a disaster team to ...
Courtney Steed often burns barefoot. It is, in part, a practical choice. Setting fires in the Sandhills of central North Carolina requires an understanding of moisture levels in the scrubby ...
Nearly half a million acres have burned in Idaho as fires engulf national forestland across the state. As of Saturday, more than a dozen wildfires were blazing across the mountain West state ...
This article was originally featured in The Conversation. Wildfires are becoming increasingly destructive across the U.S., as the country is seeing in 2024. Firefighters were battling large blazes ...
In daring flyovers just above the tree line, flying firefighters are battling blazes that have burned 7.8 million acres nationally this season—more than triple last year’s acreage. They dump ...
Carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have increased by 60 percent globally in the past two decades, according to a study published in the journal Science on Thursday. Northernmost boreal ...
Forecasters predict temperatures to be 5.5-11C (10-20F) above normal, potentially posing a risk to human health and the environment from resulting wildfires. Linking climate change with specific ...