Below are summaries from the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, provided by the National Interagency Fire Center, for the period of February 2022 through May 2022. Additionally, the full…
Michael CoxFebruary 1, 2022
An air tanker crashed near Estes Park during a history-making night flying mission in Colorado. The single-engine plane was part of the firefighting response deployed to the Kruger Rock Fire…
Michael CoxNovember 17, 2021
On June 30, 2013, nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighting team tragically lost their lives while fighting a fire in Yarnell, Arizona. The Granite Mountain Hotshots started…
Michael CoxJune 29, 2021
2020 was a challenging year with many unprecedented events. The 2020 wildfire season wasn’t an exception with record setting fires across the country. NIFC reported that as of December 23rd,…
Michael CoxDecember 30, 2020
The 2020 hurricane season started out at a record pace, but Saharan Dust blowing off the west coast of Africa will keep conditions relatively quiet over the next couple weeks.…
Michael CoxJune 25, 2020
The last couple weeks have brought rain to the majority of California, but unfortunately, most of the state remains in a rainfall deficit. With the exception of the San Diego…
Michael CoxMarch 26, 2020
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday March 3rd, residents of Nashville were alerted of a tornado on the ground, moving east towards downtown. Within minutes, the first reports of damages started…
Michael CoxMarch 4, 2020
Despite the trend of unprecedented wildfire destruction and the predictions for another above average potential for significant wildfire activity, the 2019 wildfire season was significantly less destructive. 2018 recorded over…
Michael CoxJanuary 14, 2020
The New Zealand island volcano that erupted on December 9th has claimed at least 8 lives and injured dozens more. "Whakaari," the volcano’s name in the Maori language, continues to…
Michael CoxDecember 12, 2019
