As the dry season begins to wind down, the Florida Forest Service is still closely monitoring the potential for brush fires.

Mark Finney studies the science behind wildfires for a living. He believes we're not heeding lessons of the past.

Every dollar spent on proactive forest management saves multiple dollars in avoided firefighting costs and disaster recovery.

They also used prescribed burnings to thin out potential fuel sources -- like dense, dry underbrush -- in order to prevent ... their fire suppression policies, the United States Forest Service ...

It's where scientists are starting fires to better understand how they burn — and how to manage them. The U.S. Forest Service built the fire sciences lab in 1960, inspired by a forest fire that ...