by Web Editor | Jun 8, 2018 | News, News/PR
Get ready for another summer of destructive wildfires across much of the country. Forecasters at the National Interagency Fire Center are predicting that warmer and drier-than-normal conditions have put large portions of the Western United States at above-average risk...
by Web Editor | Dec 21, 2015 | News, News/PR
The 2015 wildfire season is now the costliest on record, with $1.71 billion spent to fight the blazes, the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday. The previous record of $1.67 billion, adjusted for inflation, was set in fiscal year 2002, U.S. Department of Agriculture...
by Web Editor | Nov 5, 2012 | News, News/PR
Southern California U.S. Forest Service firefighters are joining relief efforts, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. One hundred firefighters will be stationed at mobilization centers in New York and Pennsylvania. The hot shot crews are joining an agency contingent...