NVFC: Firefighters should press Congress to end shutdown

National Volunteer Fire Council officials are urging firefighters and EMS providers to contact members of Congress, pressing their legislators to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown which has been affecting fire and emergency services since February 14th.

NVFC: Firefighters should press Congress to end shutdown

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Wildfire season is shifting, but its new time windows vary across Canada and the US drought-prone West

A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters shows that climate change is shifting wildfire seasons in the northern boreal forests of Alaska and Canada forward, on average, while prairie regions have seen little change, but the fire season in the arid West and California has extended further into late fall and winter.

Wildfire season is shifting, but its new time windows vary across Canada and the US drought-prone West

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Igniting Innovation: Progress and a Path Forward for Wildfire Policy

With communities across the U.S. experiencing longer, more intense wildfire seasons, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute and the Federation of American Scientists held a Congressional briefing on emerging solutions to tackle the wildfire crisis and federal policy strategies for getting these solutions into the field.

Igniting Innovation: Progress and a Path Forward for Wildfire Policy

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Congress must fund U.S. Wildland Fire Service

In an Op-Ed piece, the deputy fire chief of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Protection District in California urged Congress to fully fund the U.S. Wildland Fire Service and commit to sustained investment in early-detection technology and initial attack capability to better deal with wildfires.

Congress must fund U.S. Wildland Fire Service

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Applications open for 2026 wildland firefighter drinking water donations

The National Volunteer Fire Council announced that Anheuser-Busch and its wholesaler partners have opened applications for the 2026 Anheuser-Busch Emergency Drinking Water for Wildland Firefighters Program, which will distribute 1.5 million cans of emergency drinking water to eligible volunteer fire departments across the United States.

Applications open for 2026 wildland firefighter drinking water donations

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Wildfire Provisions in the House 2026 Farm Bill Forestry Title Draft

The House Committee on Agriculture released H.R. 7567, The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, which would create a new Public-Private Wildfire Technology Deployment and Testbed Partnership, new Categorical Exclusions for certain projects on National Forest System land, and new guidelines for suppressing wildfires on high-risk public lands.

Wildfire Provisions in the House 2026 Farm Bill Forestry Title Draft

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Climate impacts from North American boreal forest fires

In a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers utilizing data from boreal fires in Alaska and western Canada between 2001 and 2019 found that wildfires across Alaska contributed to net climate warming, while blazes across Canada contributed to net cooling.

Climate impacts from North American boreal forest fires

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