This is an update from the Dolan fire in California, near Big Sur. This is an evolving situation, and here is what they can confirm right now: A shelter deployment involving 15 Firefighters from the Dolan Fire occurred approximately at 0831 (today) on Tuesday, Sept 8, 2020, in … [Read more...]
By Karl Puckett, Great Falls Tribune Firefighters were forced to deploy fire shelters to avoid being engulfed by a rapidly moving fire front at a Montana wildfire Saturday, the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation said. "It did burn over them," said Kristin … [Read more...]
By Unian The Ukrainian military, together with the State Emergency Service, continue to fight large-scale forest and steppe fires. No enemy shelling has been reported over the past day, the Joint Forces Operation Command reported on Facebook on September 6. Wildfires … [Read more...]
A First-year Firefighter on the elite Helena Hot Shot Fire crew died early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Idaho while returning from a fire. Firefighter Sara Madsen, 24 years old, of Tetonia, Idaho, was pronounced dead at the scene in that crash south of … [Read more...]
By Kym Kemp, Redheaded Blackbelt About 6 p.m., a firefighter working on the Hobo Fire north of Helena in Trinity County fell and possibly broke his femur just above the knee, according to a firefighter on the scene relaying information to dispatch over the scanner. The … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Texas Firefighter was killed and another Firefighter was injured in the Line of Duty Monday battling a wildfire in the Northern California forest. A second Firefighter was injured and is being treated. The Firefighters were operating in Mendocino … [Read more...]
Firefighters in northern California say they are gaining control over historic, deadly wildfires that have burned more than one million acres. However, researchers and former firefighters working on a new study fear the responders battling the blazes are in danger of suffering … [Read more...]
A California Fire Commander's vehicle was broken into, wallet stolen out of his fire department vehicle and his bank account was drained while he was operating at a fire. It was the latest robbery to occur amid fear and panic over wildfires in Santa Cruz. Cops said they are … [Read more...]
By Matthew Pera, Mercury News As the wind shifted and the warm dusk fizzled into dark Friday night in the Point Reyes National Seashore, two Marin County firefighters became trapped at the top of a ridge while the eastern front of the Woodward fire advanced toward them. The … [Read more...]
Bad news out of California as a Firefighter Pilot has reportedly been killed in the Line of Duty in a helicopter crash while fighting the wildfires in central California. Cal Fire reports the chopper crashed this morning during a water dropping mission over the Hills Fire in … [Read more...]
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