Education
Is Wildfire Modeling Behind the Times?
Wildfires are one of the most difficult natural disasters to model. Some argue wildfire modeling is 20 years behind hurricane modeling — and that’s not inaccurate. Hurricanes occur […]
RedZone Insights
Category: Wildfire 101
Wildfire 101
Strangest Wildfire Causes
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] When a wildfire results in damage to homes and other structures, there is often great public interest in knowing how the fire started. More often than […]
Current Fires
Landslide Concerns in Fire-Ravaged Gatlinburg TN
While the community of Gatlinburg, Tennessee grieves their losses and starts planning how to recover and rebuild, a new threat confronts the area. An inch and a half […]
Catastrophe
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 […]
Fire Fighting
Happening Now: First Santa Ana Winds of the Fall
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Santa Ana Winds Annually, the onset of the fall and winter seasons brings the highest chance for Southern California’s famed Santa Ana winds. Santa […]
Fire Fighting
Tree Death Fuels California Wildfires
Tree Death Adds Fuel to the Fire A record 66 million trees have died in California since 2010, adding a huge fuel threat to an already dangerous fire landscape. […]
Wildfire 101
Wildland Fire Engine Types
A wildland fire engine is specifically designed to assist in fighting wildfires by transporting firefighters to the scene and providing them with access to the fire, along with […]
Wildfire 101
Wildfire 101: Incident Command System (ICS)
When working a wildfire incident, knowing who you report to and who is expected to report to you is imperative to maintain effective and efficient incident management. A system […]
Wildfire 101
Wildfire 101: The Fire Triangle and The Fire Tetrahedron
There are three components needed to start a fire: fuel, oxygen, and heat. This is commonly referred to as the fire triangle. If any one of the components is […]
Education
Fire Danger Signs: What Do They Really Mean?
Ever been driving along a highway, spotted a Fire Danger Sign, and wondered what it is truly indicating? Fire Danger is a description of the combination of both […]
