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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

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

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

Reno Wildfire Creates More Smoke in White Mountain Communities

WHITE MOUNTAINS - Mild weather across Arizona has brought ideal burning conditions for both prescribed fires and wildfires. Much of the smoke seen in and near the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests has come from prescribed fires mostly on White Mountain Apache and San Carlos Apache tribal lands. However,… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 6, 2009 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Ryan White Notification Law Restored

Legislation revived that will permit notification of personnel exposed to serious illnesses. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Respon… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 6, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND INTERIOR PRAISE CREATION OF "FLAME" WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

Release No. 0555.09 Contact: USDA Press Office (202) 720-4623 DOI Press Office (202) 208-6416 WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today applauded the passage of legislation creating the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund. This new… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 6, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Forest Service Needs To Better Plan, Inform Public Of Burns

Where there's smoke, there should be fire. It took a few weeks, but the Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency made the right decision by turning up the heat and putting the U.S. Forest Service on notice: Be better prepared the next time a controlled burn takes place in Central Washington. The agency issued a vio… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 5, 2009 at 10:34am — No Comments

Report Shows County Better Prepared For Wildfires

SAN DIEGO -- Since the firestorms of 2003 and 2007, San Diego County has spent millions of dollars to improve the way it fights wildfires and to increase the overall level of preparedness. However, 10News learned one county official said something is still missing from the county's fire plan. The county has spent more than $180 million since 2003 to improve fire protection and emergency services throughout the county, and San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob said the county is better prepar… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 4, 2009 at 8:25pm — No Comments

U.S. Response To SoCal Wildfire Questioned

LOS ANGELES - On a sizzling August morning, as flames burned unchecked down the road, fire crews milled about at an Angeles… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 4, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Twin Fire Held At 921 Acres

WILLIAMS - A roughly 1,000-acre control burn three miles southwest of Williams implemented on Oct. 1 became a wildfire Oct. 2 wh… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 2, 2009 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Four Hundred Acres To Be Ignited

WILLIAMS - As a continuation of the prescribed fire program, fire managers with the Kaibab National Forest are planning to burn next week on the Williams Ranger District. Pending Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) approval and favorable weather conditions, personnel are preparing to burn approxima… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on November 2, 2009 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Senate Passes Funding For Wildfire, Climate Change And Refuges

Department of Interior, Forest Service get Halloween treat WASHINGTON - After eight years coming up on the short end of… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 31, 2009 at 12:10am — No Comments

Wilderness Warriors

For Americans bred on Smokey Bear, it’s a shock to learn that the first forest rangers were hated men whose work had little to do with smoldering s’mores. In the still-wild West of a century ago, rangers evicted shotgun-toting outlaws who ran saloons and brothels on public land. A hunter shot a ranger dead… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 30, 2009 at 6:49pm — No Comments

USFS Begins Thinning 5,800 Acres In Siskiyou National Forest

By Emily Wood October 29, 2009 NEAR GRANTS PASS, Ore. - The United States Forest Service has begun to thin 5,800 acres… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 30, 2009 at 12:26am — No Comments

Smoke Alarm Campaign

3,000 people die each year in home fires, and the U.S. Fire Administration is kicking off a public safety campaign around the need for home smoke alarms. The new campaign is called Install - Inspect- Protect. It urges the use of both home smoke alarms and fire sprinklers. The fact is almost two-thirds of all fatal home fires are in houses with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. Battalion Chief Marshall Griggs of the Lexington Fire Department tells 27 NEWSFIRST, "One of our biggest pus… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 29, 2009 at 6:51pm — No Comments

Conwayite Fined $732 For Burning Violation

10-29-09 Charles D. Perry For the Independent The Conway man, who officials say ignited the largest South Carolina wildfire in 33 years, pleaded guilty this week to charges stemming from a fire he started several days before a massive wildfire destroyed more than 70 homes in Horry County. Marc Torchi, 39, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to two violations: failure to notify the state Forestry Commission about outdoor burning and allowing fire to spread to another’s land. As part of a plea arrang… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 29, 2009 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Firefighting Staff Increased During Dry, Windy Weather

The state has increased firefighting personnel and moved an additional helicopter to San Diego County in anticipation of the increased wildfire threat from a windy, dry weather system this week, fire officials said Tuesday. The National Weather Service morning issued a "red flag" warning Tuesday for increase… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 29, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

As We See It: Fire And Rain: Controlled Burns Can Benefit Forest And Fire Management

Burn piles. That's the "Jeopardy" answer to the question: What is the leading cause of wildfires? By now, many fire officials at least suspect that a smoldering pile of brush and other vegetation was the cause of the latest blase to hit Santa Cruz County -- Sunday's nearly 500-acre Loma Fire. What was d… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 29, 2009 at 11:15am — No Comments

D.C. Wildfire Funds Rebuked, Then Returned

By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional lawmakers Wednesday rebuked the Forest Service for spending stimulus forest firefighting money on D.C. green-jobs programs, but gave the city the money anyway. The decision reverses a vote of the full Senate, which last month stripped the $2.8 million in wildland fire-management funds for the District, calling it a waste of critical firefighting funds. House and Senate negotiators made the move while hammering out a final… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 29, 2009 at 10:51am — No Comments

Santa Cruz County Hams Called to Assist During Wildfires

Tankers drop fire retardent on the Loma Fire in Santa Cruz County. [Dan Dawson, KI6ESH, Photo] Almost 20 years to the day since the Loma Prieta Earthquake shook California's Bay Area, a wildfire was burning through Santa Cruz County (approximately 75 miles south of San Francisco) just miles from the epicenter… Continue

Added by MIKE USWFA on October 29, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

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