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USWFA News/Reports Crews Battle Blazes As Temperatures Soar

Bushfire Recovery 1 Source:

Bushfires continue to burn across three states as temperatures soar past 40 degrees in bushfire-prone areas where catastrophic fire warnings are in place. Dozens of fires are burning in the north and central west of New South Wales and on Sydney's northern outskirts, but none i… Continue

Added by USWFA News/Reports on November 20, 2009 at 9:39am — No Comments

USWFA News/Reports States On 'Catastrophic' Fire Alert

SOUTH Australia was on a bushfire knife edge last night as "catastrophic" conditions driven by record November temperatures, high winds and possible lightning strikes threatened to set the state ablaze ahead of a cool change today. In sweltering heat, firefighters battled two major bushfires in the state's west, bringing one under control at Streaky Bay but struggling to halt the other at Curramulka on the Yorke Peninsula. The fire was burning out of control last night and locals were fearful… Continue

Added by USWFA News/Reports on November 19, 2009 at 8:04pm — No Comments

USWFA News/Reports States On 'Catastrophic' Fire Alert

SOUTH Australia was on a bushfire knife edge last night as "catastrophic" conditions driven by record November temperatures, high winds and possible lightning strikes threatened to set the state ablaze ahead of a cool change today. In sweltering heat, firefighters battled two major bushfires in the state's west, bringing one under control at Streaky Bay but struggling to halt the other at Curramulka on the Yorke Peninsula. The fire was burning out of control last night and locals were fearful… Continue

Added by USWFA News/Reports on November 19, 2009 at 8:04pm — No Comments

USWFA News/Reports Nation Braces For Fire Conditions

* Fire warnings for much of the nation * States suffering from record temperatures * Residents urged to have fir… Continue

Added by USWFA News/Reports on November 19, 2009 at 5:22pm — No Comments

USWFA News/Reports Night Time Air Attack Requested For California Wildfires

JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County Fire Department re… Continue

Added by USWFA News/Reports on November 19, 2009 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Nick Young California Wildfire 100 Percent Contained

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. — Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in Southern California. Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown says the fire was 100 percent contained by 6 p.m. Wednesday. McKeown says all units have been released from the scene. The fire, which broke out Mond… Continue

Added by Nick Young on November 19, 2009 at 12:36am — No Comments

Nick Young High-Level Risk oOf Fires

BY LAURA SUCKLING 19 Nov, 2009 01:00 AM LOCALS are encouraged to be safe and prepared this summer as the Rural Fire Service (RFS) expects the Riverina to experience high fire danger and constant fire bans. Superintendent Joe Knox, Riverina zone manager of the RFS said the upcoming heatwave will bring w… Continue

Added by Nick Young on November 18, 2009 at 10:51pm — No Comments

Linda Sands Writer wants your comments. READ Ashes, Ashes....

Ashes, Ashes JOHN DETWEILER HETCH HETCHY BASIN, KYBURZ, CALIFORNIA THANKSGIVING DAY The dog walking witness told the cops she saw a guy in a suit with a blowtorch in one hand and a gun in the other hiking down this trail. The cops called us when the smoke rose. Captain sent in the machines, but it’s too dense back here. You need the hand crew. Wasn’t like we didn’t think we’d be called. We were taking bets on it at the firehouse- Marshall’s got the pot at forty bucks for a brush fire. I was… Continue

Added by Linda Sands on November 18, 2009 at 9:59am — No Comments

MIKE USWFA Report Details Errors That Led to The Death of A Young National Park Firefighter..One We Missed!

Crews struggled to get Andy Palmer, 18, to a hospital after he was injured during a firefighting mop… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 15, 2009 at 1:05pm — No Comments

MIKE USWFA The Men Who Jump Into Fire

1st fire jump, 1940,Moose Creek,r-l Rufus Robinson,Frank Derry, Earl Coole.jpgMr. Cooley was just behind Rufus Robinson, the first man out the door of the plane. In this photo, taken just before that July 12, 1940 jump, Robinson is on the left, Cooley on the right and Frank Derry, the parachute rigger, is betwe… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 15, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

MIKE USWFA Burn Set For Pahranagat Refuge

11-14-2009 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting a number of prescribed burns in November and December on the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge south of Alamo, Nevada. The planned fires will eliminate excess brush and grass (fuel) in specific areas of the wildlife refuge in order to minimize… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 14, 2009 at 1:46pm — No Comments

MIKE USWFA One Of The First Smokejumpers Dies At 98

Earl Cooley, who made the first parachute jump on a wildfire in 1940 passed away Monday at the age of 98. Here is a… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 13, 2009 at 9:53pm — No Comments

MIKE USWFA The Risks Of Helicopter Operations

The following is from an article in the Redding, California Record Searchlight Timothy Ingalsbee says he owes his life to a firefighting helicopter. In 1990, when he was a scout perched on a house-sized boulder overlooking a blaze in Washington’s North Cascades National Park, a shift in wind pushed wildfire… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 13, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

MIKE USWFA Report: Terrain, Brush To Blame In Huge Wildfire

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD (AP) – 2 hours ago LOS ANGELES — The largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history began raging out of contro… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 13, 2009 at 3:42pm — No Comments

MIKE USWFA Calif. Suspect In Fire That Killed 5, Destroyed Hundreds Of Homes Pleads Not Guilty To Murder

Source: Breaking News 24/7 Calif. fire suspect pleads not guilty to murder SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A prison inmate has pleaded not guilty to arson and murder charges for a 2003 wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and was linked to five heart attack deaths in Southern California. San Bernardino County prosecutors say 28-year-old Rickie Lee Fowler entered his plea Thursday in Superior Court. Fowler is already serving time in state prison for burglary. He faces five counts of murder, o… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 13, 2009 at 11:06am — No Comments

MIKE USWFA Rainstorm Sends Mud, Debris Flowing Into LA Foothill Suburb Below Wildfire Burn Area

Source: Breaking News 24/7 Rainstorm sends water, mud flowing into LA suburb LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — A brief but fierce cloudburst sent mud, water and boulders flowing from slopes denuded by wildfire into a foothill neighborhood north of Los Angeles, authorities said Friday. Debris from San Gabriel Mountain slopes began flowing shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, fire officials said. About a dozen homes were evacuated but no injuries were reported. Dozens of firefighters and public works… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 13, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

MIKE USWFA Black Mountain Lookout Set To Open In 2010

Lassen County Times Ruth Ellis Staff Writer 11/10/2009 The Black Mountain Lookout is set to become the first recreational rental on the Plumas National Forest and is set to open in 2010. Located on the northeastern edge of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range and approximately 10 miles east of Highway 395 near Milford, the lookout provides unobstructed views of the Honey Lake Valley and Last Chance Creek in the southwest. Lassen Peak can be seen in the far distance. Beckwourth Ranger District arch… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 10, 2009 at 9:03pm — No Comments

MIKE USWFA Mule Kills Mountain Lion

This is something I got in an email from a friend of mine in Montana..I thought I would share it with everyone....Mike This may be a first... A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision... The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided t… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 6, 2009 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

MIKE USWFA Standard Firefighting Order And Watchout Situations 10's And 18's


Standard Firefighting Orders 1. Keep informed on fire weather conditions and forecasts. 2. Know what your fire is doing at all times. 3.Base all actions on current and expected behavior of the fire. 4. Identify escape routes and safety zones and make them known. 5. Post lookouts when there is possible danger. 6. Be Alert. Keep Calm. Think Clearly. Act Decisively. 7. Maintain p… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 6, 2009 at 5:02pm — No Comments

MIKE USWFA Everyone Has the Right to Seek Help in an Emergency..We Would Like Everyones Opinions On This One.

During the Southern California wildfires of October 2007, six undocumented immigrants fled from their homes, only to find themselves being deported back to Mexico. Two couples, one with three children, were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium after a report that the… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 6, 2009 at 3:33pm — No Comments

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