Initial location: Ventura County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, named Steelhead, was initiated today at 8:45 a.m. in Ventura ...

Winter in some parts of South Africa is a time of low (or no) rainfall and high fire danger. Sheldon Strydom studies the relationship between weather and fire, in particular how Berg winds, also known ...

Prescription opioid abuse and its downstream effects have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved a step closer to providing help to ...

Firefighters will conduct a prescribed burn Thursday morning in Amador County, the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit. Smoke may ...

The Forest Service's new chief recently published a letter that called for wildfires to be suppressed "as swiftly as possible ...

The Forest Service's new chief recently published a letter that called for wildfires to be suppressed "as swiftly as possible ...

Controlled Fires to Enhance Ecosystem Health and Public Safety Through September PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - The Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) has announced a series of crucial ...

A new prescribed burn, named Tulley Creek, was initiated today at 8:51 a.m. in Humboldt County, California. The prescribed ...

A burning field, forest, or prairie in your local park may be an alarming sight, but sometimes it's actually a sign of an ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Brevard County Emergency Management is conducting two prescribed burns on Thursday, June 26. A 200-acre prescribed burn will take place west of I-95 and north of Wickham ...

The prescribed fire has been burning on private land for 19 days. Currently, there is no information on how much land has been burned or the size of the crew conducting the prescribed fire.

Prescribed burns can decrease the severity of future fires by about 16 percent and slash smoke pollution by 14 percent, a new study has found. These controlled blazes are much more effective outsid… ...