Bolan Mountain Lookout: How unlikely trio rebuilt iconic southern Oregon spot after fire
After Bolan Mountain Lookout burned down, the U.S. Forest Service formed an alliance with a trails group to rebuild a popular Oregon lookout rental.
L.A. Wildfires: SCE Admits Its Equipment May Have Ignited Hurst Fire North Of Los Angeles
SCE concedes in the filing that a conductor failure occurred near the origin of the fire, causing damaged equipment to fall ...
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644-acre McDowell County wildfire now mostly controlled, some hot spots remain
The North Fork fire, a wildfire north of Marion near U.S. Highway 221, is largely under control at 644 acres. The North Fork ...
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As Altadena waited for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced 'chaotic' conditions
In the course of three hours, the center was moved twice as officials struggled to keep up with a fire that was moving faster ...
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
NASA Satellites Show How California’s Wildfire Crisis Was Years in the Making
The largest fires started on January 7 and devastated swathes of L.A., including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fires ...
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Outpacing Government? Lessons from Watch Duty’s Rise
Watch Duty’s success raises questions about why citizen-led tech is outpacing government emergency response efforts. The company’s co-founder explores the lessons agencies can learn from this ...
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Satellites, AI Join Forces to Combat Wildfires
First, the fire must be discovered. Often wildfires are reported by people seeing smoke. That hasn't changed, but other ways fires are spotted have evolved. In the early part of the 20th century, the ...
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How satellites and AI help fight wildfires today
In the early part of the 20th century, the newly established U.S. Forest Service ... the Great Fire of 1910 that burned 3 million acres in Washington, Idaho and Montana and killed 87 people. Today, ...
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The Los Angeles County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
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Wildland urban interface
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone ...