Not surprisingly, Mark Finney of the U.S. Forest Service's Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory and the creator of FARSITE, a fire-growth computer program, sees the value of simulations, as do others ...

Campus department's play a key role in assuring the compliance with fire safety policies. In addition, lab members must understand their role in fire prevention and following procedures related to ...

What used to be a storage unit has been converted into a state-of-the-art lab to detect wildfire smoke in wine grapes. "It's just a really cool looking lab, and this is where the nerdy side of me ...

Oct. 9, 2024 — Civil and environmental engineering researchers conducted unique live fire experiments to study the kinematics of firebrands, burning embers cast off from wildfires that cause ...

The wildfire that killed at least 101 people on Maui last year erupted from an earlier brushfire caused by downed power lines that firefighters believed they had extinguished, officials confirmed ...

Locals are suing Bio-Lab Inc. for allegedly acting negligently before its chemical storage facility caught fire Sept. 29. A federal agency is investigating, and some elected officials are calling ...

Wildfire smoke creates fine particulate matter that can linger in the atmosphere and spread from coast to coast. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in large quantities ...

Flames surrounded West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund's crews. Firefighters had dug in to protect the $75-million Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant from the 2023 McDougall Creek wildfire.

A fire can give off incredible amounts of heat. A room fire can range from 100 degrees at floor level to 1,200 or more degrees at the ceiling. Skin can burn with permanent injuries at 160 degrees. The ...

Your PG&E bill is going up again. That's twice since the start of 2024. PG&E customers started the new year with a $38 rate hike. Last week PG&E went back to the California Public Utilities ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A wildfire burning in eastern Minnesota has forced the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to close around 4,500 acres of a state forest. The department says they're closing ...