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Generating international testing standards for large outdoor fires
The recent LA fires drove home how dangerous wildfires can be when they encroach on urban areas. So-called 'wildland-urban interface' fires are on the rise. However, building codes and standards have ...
Creating international testing standards for large outdoor fires
Large-scale fire events are on the rise, from the flames that raged for days across LA, to the widespread devastation seen in ...
Armed robbery in Revesby5d
New Global Standards for Large Outdoor Fire Tests
Large-scale fire events are on the rise, from the flames that raged for days across LA, to the widespread devastation seen in ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists10h
The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux
The total area burned in the recent Los Angeles fires is comparable to that of the primary destruction zone of a strategic ...
California firefighter’s hometown, ravaged by Paradise fire, also place of rebirth
Ibe Liebenberg is a seasonal California firefighter who grew up in Paradise. In his essay, he describes the rebirth he has ...
Rocky Mountain Collegian6d
Smoke signals: CSU studies wildfire impact on firefighter reproductive health
As large-scale wildfires erupt around the world at an ever-increasing rate and scale, understanding of the health effects of ...
Colorado Public Radio5d
This Teller County high school turned itself around by listening to the community, getting new leaders and baking cakes
Because of tourism and the region’s casinos, a culinary program was an obvious choice. Patricia Bayne, the school’s CTE food ...
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Cheakamus Community Forest will test out divisive Whistler ecologist’s wildfire approach
Rhonda Millikin, issued a cease-and-desist in December from Forest Professionals B.C., says green fuel breaks will be part of ...
The Journal2d
What did officials talk about at the annual livestock meeting?
County, state and federal officials attended the annual Southwest Colorado Livestock Association meeting on Saturday, ...
Wildland fires are unpredictable—spaceborne lidar is helping reduce that uncertainty
Recent wildfires are larger and more intense than they've ever been in the historical record. If you've been watching the news at any point in the last decade, that's no surprise.
WKOW5d
Strong winds spark wildland fires in rural Portage Thursday
LEWISTON, Wis. (WKOW) — Strong winds fueled two wildland fires in rural Portage on Thursday, prompting a large emergency response. Portage Fire Rescue responded to the first fire at 4:22 p.m. on ...