In Aug. 2024, a team of NASA researchers and partners gathered in Missoula, to test new drone-based technology for localized ...

Fire spotters used to watch with binoculars from forest towers. Now, technology can help forecast fire behavior, but human experience is still essential.

The Idaho Department of Lands director told state budget writers Tuesday that there would be a significant challenge if the ...

Like I've never seen fire behavior that aggressive," Moreno said ... He enrolled in the wildland firefighting course and graduated in 2023. Adam Hernandez was one of his instructors.

Miller also faced questions about state management of fires and lands versus federal management. Federal agencies, such as ...

The 250-acre fire started after a tree fell on a power line on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, an area already recovering from ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

The threat of fire is growing, especially in zones known as the wildland-urban interface ... so we have climate change exacerbating extreme wildfire behavior, and then we have ongoing development in ...

Read Pilot in command Brayden Chamberlain performs pre-flight checks on the NASA Alta X quadcopter during the FireSense ...

In Southern California, for example, much of the wildland fuel is chaparral ... Weather plays another critical role in fire behavior. Fires need oxygen to burn, and the windier it is, the more oxygen ...

Wildfires are growing deadlier, but AI, satellites, and tech innovations are revolutionizing early detection, suppression, ...