The primary factors that lead to current forest conditions include logging large trees, fire suppression, and livestock grazing. Since the beginning of the 20th century, all three of these factors ...

When Oregon’s 2024 fire season ended in late October, over 1.9 million acres had burned across the state – an area larger ...

A red flag warning has been issued from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for most of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut due to dry and ...

With the passing of the Forest Fires Emergency Act in 1908, which authorized limitless spending on fire suppression, the U.S. Forest Service focused its firefighting efforts on ensuring that no ...

Tens of thousands of fires swept through the Brazilian Amazon during the recently concluded forest fire season, with the ...

The Wall of Water fire suppression system can propel water 137 ... more than 6,000 fires torching a staggering 150,000 sq. km of forest. That’s an area larger than England and more than double ...

NEW YORK — Crews are continuing to contain and extinguish several wildfires that ignited in the Northeast due to record-dry conditions, but some welcome rain should help with fire suppression ...

The Fire Department's Memorandum of Understanding with the state Department of Natural Resources for mutual aid and fire suppression services will continue thanks to a passed resolution during ...