Forest Service Looks to Improve Fire Shelter
The man tapped by the U.S. Forest Service to come up with a better fire shelter once had to get inside one on the side of a burning mountain and listen to flames roar past sounding like a jet airplane …
Arizona Hotshot Deaths Prompt Few Changes
It was the worst loss of life for U.S. wildland firefighters in eight decades, a tragedy that killed 19 members of a Hotshot crew during an out-of-control inferno in a brush-choked canyon. The fire prompted a strong sense of unity …
Yarnell Fire District Struggles in Fire Aftermath
The aftermath of the wildfire that killed 19 firefighters from Prescott, Ariz., poses challenges to the rural fire district that serves Yarnell. The Daily Courier reports that almost half of the Yarnell Fire District’s 30 volunteers have resigned. Meanwhile, the …