The brothers created a GPS device that can track fire crews and improve communication with them. When wildland firefighters ... “It was probably the size of a lunchbox, so they were carrying ...
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management field tested DropBlocks with six wildland fire handcrews, suggesting the smaller size and adding point-to-point data communications.
The Forest Fire Service is the lead agency for all wildland fires in the Garden State and initiates the incident command structure once arriving on scene. Local fire departments may also be ...
City workers and celebrities, teachers and tycoons talk about what they lost in the Los Angeles fires — and how they’ll rebuild.
“I’ve taken California firefighters who fought the Paradise fire to parts of West Austin and driven them around, and they were horrified,” says Randy Denzer, a wildland fire expert who spent ...
We watched an airliner-size VLAT ... and the fire. Then the superintendent asked Ben if he knew a young wildland firefighter who had learned the trade in prison and kept it up after his release.
Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.
The center would serve as a hub for comprehensive information gathering and pave the way for better coordination when it ...