Education
Operation Santa Ana – 20 Year Anniversary
June 2019 marked the 20th year anniversary for Operation Santa Ana. Doug Lannon, a retired Cal Fire Assistant Chief from the San Bernardino Unit and current Senior Wildfire […]
RedZone Insights
Tag: wildfire
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 […]
Catastrophe
New PBS Documentary: Inside The Megafire
A recent PBS documentary that aired in early May 2019 details accounts of California residents that fled for their lives during the 2018 fire season. It also extensively […]
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 […]
Current Fires
Early Season New Jersey Forest Fire Raged – Now Contained
A small fire began Saturday afternoon in the Pine Barrens area of the Penn State Forest in Southern New Jersey. In less than two days, the Spring Hill […]
Catastrophe
Woolsey Fire in Retrospect
In Mid-December, Senior Fire Liaison Doug Lannon and I spent a few days surveying the damage from the Woolsey Fire. We toured the 16 mile long fire area […]
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 […]
Disaster 101
Take Aways from the Discussion On “The Thomas Fire Retrospective Report”
RedZone Senior Wildfire Liaison Doug Lannon attended The Thomas Fire Retrospective Report discussion was held at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 at the Montecito Fire Protection […]
