Education
The Smokey Bear Story
During World War II, Japanese submarines off of the Santa Barbara Coast fired shells making an oil field explode near the Los Padres National Forest. This created a […]
RedZone Insights
Category: Wildfire 101
Wildfire 101
Wildfire 101: Modern Warning Systems
In the United States, effective systems are in place to help us plan for, respond to, evacuate from, and cope with dangerous and difficult emergency events. Traditionally in the late […]
Uncategorized
Wildfire Outlook: October 2019 – January 2020
Below are summaries from the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, provided by the National Interagency Fire Center, for the period of October 2019 through January 2020. The […]
Weather
Wildfire Outlook: August – November
Below are exerts from the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, provided by the National Interagency Fire Center, for the period of August through November. The full outlook […]
Disaster 101
How do wildfires get their names?
Ever notice that wildfires seem to have generic names like the Valley Fire or seemingly random names like the Waldo Fire and wonder where wildfires get their names? Here […]
Weather
National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook: July – October
Below are exerts from the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, provided by the National Interagency Fire Center, for the period of June through October. The full outlook […]
Disaster 101
GIS and the Fire Service
With the duties assigned to fire agencies becoming more daunting as the population continues to grow, and climatic conditions favor worse fire behavior, the service has adopted GIS […]
Weather
Wildland Fire Potential Outlook: June – September
Below is the synopsis for Significant Wildland Fire Potential for June through September. The full outlook can be located here which will give more insight from a region […]
Weather
Wildland Fire Potential Outlook: May, June, July, and August
Below is the synopsis for each geographic region that is referenced in terms of Significant Wildland Fire Potential. The full outlook can be located here which will give […]
Catastrophe
2018 Fire Season in Review
2018’s fire season was another record breaking year; in particular, California was absolutely devastated in terms of lives and property lost. According to the National Interagency Fire Center […]
