Lookout Towers Aid Firefighters During Fire Season March 30, 2017 By BILL WELLOCK, The (Wilkes-Barre) Citizens' Voice For 13 years, Charlie Womer climbed to the top of Mehoopany fire lookout tower in Wyoming County to watch over...
Evolving Wildfires Force Forest Service to Rethink Response February 13, 2017 By ROB CHANEY, Missoulian When a forest fire threatens your house and you have minutes to run, do you know what you plan to...
1.8M Western U.S. Homes at Extreme or High Wildfire Risk October 27, 2016 By Don Jergler Things haven’t gone as bad as they could have so far in 2016 coming off last year’s record-setting wildfire season...
New Study Suggests Actions Can Change Outcomes in Wildfires November 10, 2015 A new study of Colorado’s devastating 2012 Waldo Canyon wildfire demonstrates that prompt and effective action can significantly change the...
Homeowners Build Home Designed to Withstand Wildfires October 19, 2015 By ANN BUTLER, The Durango Herald In 2002, while the Missionary Ridge Fire was burning almost 73,000 acres in southwest Colorado, the Front Range was closely...
Despite Wildfire Danger, Wildland Urban Interface Continues to Grow September 24, 2015 A new U.S. Forest Service report shows the continued expansion of housing development near forests, an area referred to as...
Homeowner Fees Recommended to Address Colorado Fires October 2, 2013 By IVAN MORENO Colorado homeowners living in high-risk wildfire areas should be charged fees, and officials need to adopt statewide building requirements to...
Risk Ratings Weighed for Homes in Fire-Prone Areas September 9, 2013 A state task force is mulling a plan that would assign more than 550,000 Colorado homes in wildfire-prone areas a...
Montana Judge Invalidates Fire-Resistant Roof Ordinance June 4, 2013 A Montana judge has invalidated Helena’s 2008 fire ordinance restricting exposed wood building materials and requiring fire-resistant roofs on new...
Utah Prepares for Another Busy Wildfire Season March 13, 2013 The mountains still may be covered in snow, but officials already are preparing for another busy wildfire season in Utah...