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5 days ago · Erickson Air-Cranes on northern hemisphere service, October 2021 in Greece. Photo by Dimitris Klagos. The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) has contracted 177 aircraft on behalf of ...
At what temperature does a forest fire burn? - Wildfire Today
Feb 26, 2011 · Forest fires burn at 800°C (1,472° F) to 1200°C (2,192° F). In an article we quoted earlier, a reporter wrote that forest fires burn at 4,000°F.
Analyzing the fire that burned into Gatlinburg - Wildfire Today
Dec 5, 2016 · A sign posted by GRSM near the Chimney Tops 2 Fire, dated November 27, 2016. Photo by Brett Bevill. A map posted with the Fire Information sign dated November 27 showed that the park hoped to stop ...
Walk around a new BLM Type 3 heavy fire engine - Wildfire Today
Dec 4, 2021 · New BLM Engine 6311. Image from Pierce video. Pierce Manufacturing has produced a video walk around of the Bureau of Land Management’s Freightliner wildland fire Type 3 heavy fire engine ...
The True Story of the Pulaski Fire Tool - Wildfire Today
Aug 19, 2019 · Chrome plated pulaski presented to a retiring firefighter. On this day 109 years ago the fires of 1910 were burning across northern Idaho, Western Montana, and parts of Washington and Oregon.
A 9-year USFS aerial firefighting study left many questions …
Apr 16, 2021 · Helicopter 3PA, an AS350B (N833PA) on the Elephant Butte Fire southwest of Denver, July 13, 2020. Photo by skippyscage.com. The chart which shows small Type 3 helicopters having 100 percent ...
2 Executive Summary The Esperanza Fire was reported on October 26, 2006 at 1:11 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in Cabazon, California, within the jurisdiction of the California Department of
Researchers conduct detailed case study of the Camp Fire
Feb 11, 2021 · A firefighter battles flames at the Camp Fire. Photo by FirePhotoGirl used with permission. On a brisk November morning in 2018, a fire sparked in a remote stretch of canyon in Butte County ...
Hiring and retention in the US Forest Service is a growing issue
May 21, 2021 · Firefighters being briefed on the Pine Gulch Fire in Colorado, August 21, 2020. InciWeb. A senior-level wildfire management person in the U.S. Forest Service (FS) told Wildfire Today that there ...
The 10 Orders & 18 Watch Outs, illustrated - Wildfire Today
Jan 7, 2021 · The Orders and 18 Watch Outs are well founded. In every single Regional Fire Review I’ve been involved in, one or m, ore of the Orders were violated, and most often by those in the 2nd tier or ...