The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Equipment Technology Committee recommends that fire shelters manufactured prior to 2006 be removed from service after serious degradation was found ...

This spring marks 31 years since the local publication of the first Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG) in 1994 and 26 years since it became a National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) interagency ...

One wildfire in Washington has destroyed at least 185 structures and left two dead, officials said. The Gray Fire, which began Friday 15 miles west of Spokane, Washington, is now over 10,000 acres and ...

Aerial view from a CH-47F aircraft dumping 2,000 gallons of water over a section of wildfires found on military training grounds in Fort Hood, Texas, Mar. 29, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt.

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Soldiers assigned to the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Rugged Team 5, stand atop a mountain side while conducting mop-up operations at the August Complex wildfire in Mendocino National Forest, ...

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group has just published a revision of the Standards for Aerial Supervision. The document has been on a schedule to be updated every three years. From the NWCG: The ...

ABSTRACT: State and Federal agencies in the United States manage wildland fires to minimize forest loss and reduce fire impacts on communities living near forests. Despite changes to policy that ...

An Erickson Air-Crane reloads with retardant while fighting the Beaver Fire in northern California, August 12, 2014. Photo by Bill Gabbert. The National Wildfire Coordinating Group establishes the ...

When considering Red Cards and their use, the first thing is to determine whether you or the members of your department need them. If they are in fact needed, it is important to become educated about ...

RIGGINS • One of the most complicated, arduous and dangerous wildfire sites in the West is along Idaho’s Salmon River Breaks, home to hellacious winds, too many lightning-ignited spot fires to count ...