Wildfire 101
Wildfire 101: United States Fire Regimes
With climate change becoming more prevalent in recent years, science has been looking for ways to examine how changes to the earth’s present and past environment will affect […]
RedZone Insights
Category: Wildfire impact
Catastrophe
Thomas Fire Set to Become Largest in CA History
UPDATE 01/03/18 @ 4:49 p.m. – The fire is now 92% contained at 281,893 acres. Thomas Fire Summary The Thomas Fire began in Ventura County just north of […]
Fire Fighting
Santa Ana Conditions This Week for Southern California
Red Flag Warning Possible through Saturday The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Southern California beginning in the early AM hours on Monday through […]
Catastrophe
Book Review: “The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America”
In The Big Burn, author Timothy Egan takes the reader through the beginning years of environmentalist and activist John Muir’s growing friendship with then Governor Teddy Roosevelt. The […]
Catastrophe
New Film Highlights the Unsung Heroes of Wildland Firefighting
2017 has brought devastating wildfires to much of the Western United States. Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington all fared way worse than expected with more than 8 million […]
Education
Takeaways from the Napa Sonoma Fire Siege
Earlier this week I published some thoughts about the first 24 hours of the October Napa Sonoma Fire Siege. The unprecedented destruction caused by these fires provoked many […]
Current Fires
As the Napa and Sonoma Fires Unfolded
THE FIRST 24 HOURS 1130 Oct 8 For me, it was a typical Fall Sunday in America; highlighted by a one-year old’s birthday party and a big Packer […]
Fire Fighting
California Tree Mortality At An Unprecedented Level
Tree Mortality Overview According to U.S. Forest Service study done in the summer of 2017, about 6.3 billion dead trees are still standing in 11 Western states, an […]
Current Fires
What is a Fire-Use Wildfire and How is it Beneficial to Forests?
Not every naturally occurring wildland fire is actively suppressed. Naturally occurring wildland fires are normally caused by lightening strikes in areas with fallen trees and other dry accumulated […]
Fire Fighting
Weekend Red Flag Conditions for Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara area expecting Sundowner Winds with Red Flag The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the Santa Barbara County Mountains and South Coast […]
