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Wildfire News Of The Day (the Firebomber Publications blog) provides comprehensive international wildfire news. Subscribers include over 10,000 personnel from fire agencies, contractors, and government entities on five continents. "BEST NEWSLETTER I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY 32 YEARS IN THE FIRE SERVICE" - San Diego Fire Department Chief Brian Fennessy.

Monday, March 18, 2024

“It Feels Impossible to Stay”: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them


Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tom Lasser, a retired Lt Colonel and CH-47 pilot in the California National Guard, sent along an article from ProPublica which revisits the problem of the fire service finding it difficult to fill its wildland firefighter ranks, prefiguring what advocates are calling a national security crisis.

“It Feels Impossible to Stay”: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Sen. Romney leads Washington DC hearing on wildfire management with Utah expert


Utah U.S. Senator Mitt Romney led a hearing in Washington D.C. on Thursday focusing on preventing, managing, and responding to wildfires during the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing.

Sen. Romney leads Washington DC hearing on wildfire management with Utah expert

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

'The night might not save us': New study shows drought drives overnight burning of wildfires


A new study from a University of Alberta researcher published in the journal Nature shows that the slowing of a wildfire's progress overnight, which typically occurs due to cooler temperatures and increased humidity, often doesn't occur in wildfires burning amid drought conditions.

'The night might not save us': New study shows drought drives overnight burning of wildfires

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

NFFE Calls on Congress to Pass Permanent Wildland Firefighter Pay Legislation Following FY24 Minibus


The National Federation of Federal Employees called on Congressional leaders to bring the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act before the House and Senate after Congress approved a funding deal with strong bipartisan appropriations support to maintain current pay levels for federal wildland firefighters through the remainder of the fiscal year, ending September 30th.

NFFE Calls on Congress to Pass Permanent Wildland Firefighter Pay Legislation Following FY24 Minibus

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Assessing silvopasture management as a strategy to reduce fuel loads and mitigate wildfire risk


A new study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports examined how silvopasture management, where livestock, forages, and overstory vegetation are carefully managed through livestock grazing, benefits the land and reduces the wildfire danger.

Assessing silvopasture management as a strategy to reduce fuel loads and mitigate wildfire risk

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Monday, March 11, 2024

UAFA Urges Lawmakers to Take Action After Texas Panhandle Fires Spread


Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tiffany Taylor, Senior Policy Director at the United Aerial Firefighters Association, sent along a press release with an eye towards the Panhandle wildfires, in which UAFA members urged the government to organize our national firefighting apparatus in a more efficient, streamlined manner that ensures all Americans can expect to see aerial firefighting assets overhead as soon as they are needed, not days later.

UAFA Urges Lawmakers to Take Action After Texas Panhandle Fires Spread

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Friday, March 08, 2024

After winter storms, California can expect a late start to the wildfire season


Although a series of late-season winter storms has filled reservoirs, boosted snowpack and left forecasters anticipating a late start to California’s wildfire season, a Riverside-based National Interagency Fire Center meteorologist warned that it's just a little too early to tell at this point what the peak fire season months are going to look like.

After winter storms, California can expect a late start to the wildfire season

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