Here's a quick guide to many of the terms commonly used in connection with wildfires and public safety in the face of the ...

You're a hotshot working to contain a wildfire. The conflagration jumps the fire line, forcing your crew to flee using pre-determined escape routes. At the start of the day, the crew boss estimated ...

Humidity, cooler temperatures help tip the odds against three California wildland fires at lower levels but peaks remain dry.

Percent contained: In the firefighting world, containment means a certain level of control — specifically, how much of the fire’s edge, or perimeter, firefighters believe they can stop from ...

The Coffee Pot Fire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks has burned 13,715 acres. Here's the latest update.

So can human interventions such as using a bulldozer to scrape the vegetation off a swath of land to deprive the fire of fuel it could use to grow. That’s why even when a fire is 100% contained ...

“Everybody knows being a wildland firefighter’s dangerous but they ... He’s thankful for his Bonneville Hotshots family, the EMTs and his doctors who performed the surgeries — but has ...

The Crest Way Fire is 100% contained after residents from 14 homes were told to evacuate in Yarnell on Monday evening.

The Airport Fire, which has burned 23,519 acres, destroyed 160 structures and damaged 34 others in Orange and Riverside counties, is now 62% contained, Cal Fire said Saturday Meanwhile, Orange ...

On Monday, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office reported that the Crest Way Fire is currently threatening residents on South Looka Way, South Crest Way in Yarnell and areas east of State Route 89.

By Tuesday night, firefighters obtained 14% containment. Officials said 27,974 acres had burned. Members of the Mill Creek Hotshots monitor the Line Fire Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, near Angelus Oaks ...