4+ hour, 35+ min ago  (346+ words) The National Interagency Fire Center increased the National Preparedness Level to PL3 on Thursday, marking a shift toward needed national support as the U. S. nears peak fire season. The increase was driven by significant wildland fire activity across the country, with the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (634+ words) As fire and other emergencies become more complex, chaotic and concurrent, incident managers may find that traditional pre-season tabletop exercises struggle to cope with these new demands. An emerging Australian company has seized the power of AI to develop a…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (412+ words) wildfiretoday. com Wildland firefighter health should be treated as fire infrastructure, urges emerging research focus The physiological and psychological stress that wildfire personnel are put under every fire season has quickly moved from the margins of fire research to the…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (319+ words) Support for a once bipartisan piece of wildfire-focused legislation has faltered after Republican lawmakers added a repeal of the Roadless Rule. Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) proposed the amendment to the Wildfire Prevention Act, which…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (154+ words) This firefighting aircraft promises to do it all " amphibious, pilotless, day and night ops, fleet coordination and an AI brain. Marcos Aerospace, a Greek aerospace startup based in Athens, has just launched Quencher, an autonomous amphibious aircraft currently in what…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (305+ words) The "very active" fire season predicted for the U. S. since the beginning of the year may largely kick off this week, according to forecasts from the National Interagency Fire Center. Elevated fire weather conditions are set across the Southwest and southern…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (233+ words) It's been nearly half a year since the U. S. Wildland Fire Service was formally launched, but the new agency has gone without funding since. Lawmakers may soon change that. The U. S. House Committee on Appropriations submitted its funding plan for the Department…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (440+ words) The US Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General recently conducted an audit of the agency's wildfire sensors, finding they did not consistently detect fires or alert state and local officials of the danger. Officials analyzed data from sensors…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (199+ words) Europe has boosted its wildfire preparations ahead of a forecasted busy 2026 season by deploying its largest force yet of firefighters, aircraft and other experts across the continent. The announcement comes as the World Meteorological Organisation issued a Global Seasonal Climate…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (261+ words) We are at Interschutz 2026 in Hanover, Germany all this week: 1-6 June 2026. IAWF Vice President Ciaran Nugent is hosting a small display outdoors in the Wildfire Camp with a small group of colleagues. For the first time in its 70-year history…...