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Harden your home against fires: Santa Rosa urges residents to create defensible space
Defensible space is the buffer homeowners can create between their homes and the grass, trees, shrubs, or any other wildland area ... metal mesh to screen all vents, and check them regularly ...
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Living and being prepared in a fire-prone environment
As 2025 began, the world watched the devastating fires in southern California. The fires spread rapidly over chaparral-covered hillsides under extremely dry conditions and Santa Ana winds. Thousands ...
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N.C. Forest Service reminds property owners to take action at home, be prepared for wildfires
“Wildfires that occur in the wildland urban interface can be ... Assess your house to see what openings you can screen or temporarily seal. Windblown embers can get into homes easily through vents and ...
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Wildland firefighting program that encouraged women to join field on pause after Trump DEI order
A camp that prepared women to become wildland firefighters has been paused because of President Donald Trump’s executive ...
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Seasonal wildland firefighter job offers rescinded due to federal hiring freeze
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With fire season basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded. Jenn McCarthy has worked as ...
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Wildland Firefighting Camp to Encourage Females Paused by Trump's Order
The U.S. Forest Service employs more than 11,000 people in its wildland fire program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website, and historically has had a hard time hiring and retai ...
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Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season
The Department of the Interior employed 5,780 federal wildland fire personnel in 2024, while the US Forest Service employed over 11,300. Federal firefighters “respond to fires all over the ...
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East-side building faces potential teardown after vent cooking sparks fire, according to officials
SAN ANTONIO — A fire possibly caused by someone cooking on a metal air vent could cause an east-side building to be torn down, according to officials. San Antonio firefighters were called to the ...
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Experts Claim Los Angeles is Getting Fire Recovery All Wrong
both advocate for a more sophisticated understanding of fire and the ecosystems that foster urban and wildland blazes. Fire is so often viewed as a crisis and emergency that it is divorced from ...
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Palisades fire victims vent frustration as town hall on debris removal becomes a free-for-all
They must deal with a layer of government agencies as they seek to return to their fire-ravaged properties. We’re tracking damage assessments from the Eaton and Palisades fires, which destroyed ...
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Palisades fire victims vent frustration as town hall on debris removal becomes a free-for-all
They must deal with a layer of government agencies as they seek to return to their fire-ravaged properties. Read more:Mapping the damage from the Eaton and Palisades fires At Sunday's event ...