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After action: Lessons learned from the January fires

I had very limited time with the chiefs, and with their respective entourages sitting within earshot I knew the interview and time schedule was being monitored. Let me be clear, the interview was not ...
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Fire lessons from the Australian capital, where a 2003 inferno changed everything

The Clear Range fire burns near Bredbo North after overrunning the property of Lawrence and Claire Cowie on Feb. 1, 2020, near Canberra, Australia. (Brook Mitchell / Getty Images) The residents of ...
Westword

Analysis: Wildfire Smoke Inside Homes Can Create Health Risks That Linger for Months

When wildfires spread into neighborhoods, they burn all kinds of materials found in cars and houses and everything around them – electronics, paint, plastics, furniture. Research shows that the mix of ...
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Letters to the Editor: Don't mourn the Rim fire — learn from it

To the editor: Reporter Corinne Purtill’s article on the 2013 Rim fire (“Lessons from Yosemite, a decade after the Rim fire,” April 17) romanticizes a misleading narrative that high-intensity ...
SFGate

Fire lessons learned, but will we heed them?

Last October, San Diego firefighters watched 80 mph winds blow torchlike embers a half-mile past fire lines. Flames shot up 110 feet amid dry undergrowth untouched in 60 years. Metal roofs, saddled ...
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Fire Prevention Week lessons continue at Camp Humphreys

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea – Fire Prevention Week 2025 may have officially taken place Oct.5-11, but the ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Don’t mourn the Rim fire — learn from it

To the editor: Reporter Corinne Purtill’s article on the 2013 Rim fire (“Lessons from Yosemite, a decade after the Rim fire,” April 17) romanticizes a misleading narrative that high-intensity ...