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Destructive wildfire types targeted under new US ‘BRUSH Fire Act’
A US bill aimed at improving officials’ understanding of wildfires in ecosystems dominated by small plants recently cleared its first congressional hurdle. The Building Resiliency and Understanding of Shrublands to Halt Fires Act, or BRUSH Fires Act, was introduced by California Rep. Dave Min and seeks to modernize federal wildfire prevention policy, particularly in shrub-dominated regions. The number of homes destroyed by wildfires has doubled over the past 30 years, with the majority of burned homes near shrublands rather than forests, according to a previous study led by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers. While crown fires in forests have the highest fire intensity and can ignite homes far from a fire
New Online
A perfect match
By Eric Everson This mentoring program connects a mentor and mentee with a shared birthday, and a common desire to
Wildfire magazine – latest issue
Wildfire magazine, Issue 4, 2025. Wildfire is published quarterly for the greater global wildland fire community and for members of
This is why we train – chainsaw graduates get inspired
Trainers like what they do, and they are going to tell you why. At Yukon First Nations Wildfire, training is all
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Destructive wildfire types targeted under new US ‘BRUSH Fire Act’
A US bill aimed at improving officials’ understanding of wildfires in ecosystems dominated by small plants recently cleared its first congressional hurdle. The Building Resiliency and Understanding of Shrublands to Halt Fires Act, or BRUSH Fires Act, was introduced by California Rep. Dave Min and seeks to modernize federal wildfire
Fire Aviation
Production to restart for the 214ST helicopter
A new and improved Bell 214ST helicopter will soon roll off the production lines with McDermott Aviation announcing the restart of manufacturing after more than 20 years for one of the main workhorses of disaster response worldwide. McDermott Aviation is announcing the move at the Verticon aviation conference in Atlanta,
Research
AI predicts wildfire risk faster than current warning systems, new study finds
A wildfire forecasting system powered by artificial intelligence was around 30% better at identifying dangerous fire conditions in advance than the models currently used, according to new research. The Australian and New Zealand researchers’ study, published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire, trained a machine learning model on historical weather
Safety and Training
This is why we train – chainsaw graduates get inspired
Trainers like what they do, and they are going to tell you why. At Yukon First Nations Wildfire, training is all about helping people and being safe. Here’s a bit of inspiration and enthusiasm from graduates of the recent Chainsaw Train the Trainer course, out of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada.
New Online
A perfect match
By Eric Everson This mentoring program connects a mentor and mentee with a shared birthday, and a common desire to help colleagues. The outcome was an online resource for the greater wildfire community. I recently had the good fortune of taking part in the International Association of Wildland Fire’s mentoring
