Should You Volunteer as a Wildfire Lookout? Today, there are more than 2,000 lookout towers in the nation, and anyone with a passion for volunteering and a little bit of basic training can staff one of these stations. Read Story Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Wildland Firefighters: Getting Geared Up for Safety Wildland firefighting is an innately dangerous occupation, and the highest safety precautions must be employed to keep wildland firefighters as safe as possible. Read Story Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Top Tools & Tactics for Conducting Prescribed Fires Wildland firefighters require certain tools and tactics to manage prescribed fires safely and successfully. Read on to discover the three things they need to fight the flames. Read Story Friday, August 11, 2017
4 Ways to Help Protect Your Community from Wildfires As people increasingly build homes near wilderness areas, the chance of a wildfire is greatly increased and communities are put in serious danger. Read Story Monday, July 31, 2017
The Smokejumper’s Ultimate Toolkit Checklist Wildland firefighters put their lives on the line to protect towns and wildlife from the destructive power of wildfires, and smokejumpers are the crewmembers charged with parachuting down into remote areas to extinguish blazes. Their safety and success counts in part on the supplies they can take down to the ground with them. Weighing in at over 100 pounds, these varied supplies ensure that smokejumpers are properly protected and equipped while they fight the flames. Read on to discover what... Read Story Monday, July 10, 2017
Equipped to Extinguish: Anatomy of a Wildland Firefighter [Infographic] It’s essential firefighters wear the right clothes and carry the right tools — not just so that they can do their job, but so that they can do it safely. Read Story Wednesday, June 28, 2017
What Are Experimental Forests and How Do They Help? While wildland fires are essential to the forest ecosystems and are a natural part of North American ecology, it is important to make sure they don’t get out of hand and damage the land. Read Story Thursday, June 15, 2017
How NASA Plans to Help Fight Wildfires Using Satellites While there are already multiple systems in place to detect and fight wildfires, NASA’s new approach is set to improve wildfire detection for a faster response, a reduction in damages and costs, and greater safety. Read Story Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Structure Fires in Eating and Drinking Establishments During 2010-2014, an estimated average of 7,410 structure fires in eating and drinking establishments were reported to U.S. fire departments each year. Read Story Friday, April 28, 2017
Fire Shelter Advancements Fire shelters have been in use for about 50 years, but the design of this device is constantly being improved. Read Story Wednesday, February 15, 2017