New fire shelter prototypes tested - Wildfire Today
WEBJun 14, 2022 · In the TPACC lab, researchers tested the designs against the industry standard in a test chamber called the PyroDome Turbulent Flame Fire Shelter Test System. They blasted the shelters with direct ...
WEBMar 11, 2022 · National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report Friday, March 11, 2022 – 0730 MDT National Preparedness Level 1 National Fire Activity (March 4 – March 10, 2022): ...
Mapping shows Marshall Fire has burned thousands of acres
WEB7:05 a.m. MST Dec. 31, 2021. Map, Marshall Fire, Dec. 30, 2021. Overnight mapping Thursday night found that the Marshall Fire southeast of Boulder, Colorado had burned about 6,000 acres. The fire ...
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WEB6 days ago · Wildfires burned at least 3 million hectares (7.5 million acres) throughout Bolivia so far this year, the nation’s highest hectare total since 2010, according to Brazil’s space research agency ...
PBS explains how fire whirls and fire tornados form
WEBSep 2, 2021 · He said the average size of a fire whirl is usually 33 to 100 feet, with rotational velocities of 22 to 67 MPH. But a fire tornado dominates the large scale fire dynamics. They lead to extreme ...
Wildfire prompts evacuations southwest of Pigeon Forge, TN
WEBMar 31, 2022 · Indigo Lane Fire March 30, 2022. Image by @WVLTPat. In a 10 a.m. briefing on Thursday officials said the wildfire southwest of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which is being referred to as the Indigo ...
A 9-year USFS aerial firefighting study left many questions …
WEBApr 16, 2021 · After 9 years and more than $11 million. Air Tanker 02 Drops on the Creek Fire on Camp Pendelton Marine Base, December 24, 2020. CAL FIRE image. -This article was first published on Fire Aviation ...
Radford Fire near Big Bear Lake in Southern California prompts ...
WEBSep 7, 2022 · The fire is south of the Snow Summit Ski area. Updated at 8:02 p.m. PDT Sept. 7, 2022. The Radford Fire at Big Bear Lake in Southern California was mapped at 1,052 acres at about 12:30 p.m. The ...
Strong winds spread fires in Western Washington - Wildfire Today
WEB4 p.m. PDT October 16, 2022. Strong winds out of the east and southeast are increasing the spread of wildfires in Western Washington. Red Flag Warnings Sunday afternoon predicted 10 to 20 mph ...
Wind-driven wildfire burns hundreds of homes near Boulder, …
WEBDec 30, 2021 · There are reports that the fire southeast of Boulder, Colorado, now known as the Marshall Fire, has spread east along Highway 170, crossed Highway 36 near Superior, and is burning near West Dillon ...