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.
Pages
▼
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 100104
United States
(1) With a fire season that saw less than half the usual acreage burn nationwide, US Forest Service didn't exhaust their $995 million suppression budget for the first time in three years
Forest Service Budget Covers Firefighting Costs For First Time In 3 Years
California
(2) A trio of former US Forest Service chiefs threw their support behind the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, treating wildfire suppression as a natural disaster, not as a budget item
Op-Ed: Congress should fund fires for what they are -- disasters
For the remainder of the stories in today's Wildfire News Of The Day, please subscribe to the Wildfire News Of The Day newsletter
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.