| Forest Service Researcher Receives Prestigious Presidential Award
12/13/2010 6:00:49 PM The USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station officially announced today that Dr. Lee Cerveny, a research social scientist based at its Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory in Seattle, is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Cerveny will be presented with the award—which is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their research careers—today at a formal White House ceremony. |
 | The Red Guide To Recovery
12/12/2010 2:05:05 PM When someone experiences a devastating loss due to a fire, earthquake, flood, tornado or any other major disaster, they become overwhelmed with a great amount of stress and uncertainty. Join FDNNTV.com's Barbara Brooks for a look at "The Red Guide to Recovery", a new book that gives residents a road map of what to do after a disaster, and addresses these emotions by providing information and resources needed to cope with tragedy. |
| San Bernardino County Residents Can Sign Up for Emergency Alerts Via Text or VoIP
12/10/2010 12:36:32 PM New features of San Bernardino County's emergency notification system will allow public safety personnel to reach more residents than ever before during disasters by enabling users to register for alerts via text or VoIP. |
 | Fire Management Assistance Grant
12/9/2010 12:44:26 PM Available to state, local and tribal governments, FEMA's Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) is federal financial assistance for the mitigation, management and control of fires on publicly or privately owned grasslands or forests. In the state of California, FMAG's are requested through the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) by a local or state fire agency. Join FDNNTV.com's Barbara Brooks to learn more about California's system for applying for FMAG's and see why Washington D.C. is urging other states to adopt a similar process. |
| Wildland Firefighter Foundation Santa's Helpers Helps Kids
12/8/2010 12:04:50 PM The Wildland Firefighter Foundation's (WFF) Santa's Helpers Program provides help to a child of a fallen wildland firefighter. Read further to learn how you can help make a child's Christmas brighter. |
 | NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
12/7/2010 9:54:15 AM The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, also known as NIOSH, is a federal agency that is part of the Centers for Disease Control. NIOSH has a mission of generating new knowledge in the occupational safety and health field and to transfer that knowledge into practice for the advancement of workers, including firefighters and emergency responders. Join FDNNTV.com's Barbara Brooks for an inside look at the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, which studies firefighter line of duty deaths in an effort to improve first responder safety. |
| Nearby Dry Grass Starts El Paso Trailer Fire
12/6/2010 11:21:02 AM Firefighters with the El Paso Fire Department (EPFD) responded to a trailer fire in the 1600 block of Bassett in the central part of the city Monday morning. |
| IAFF Remembers Fatal Worcester Cold Storage Fire
12/6/2010 7:42:06 AM On the 11th Anniversary of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire, which claimed the lives of six Worcester, MA Local 1009 fire fighters, the IAFF pays homage to Brothers Paul Brotherton, Jeremiah Lucey, Joseph McGuirk, Timothy Jackson Sr., Thomas Spencer and James Lyons III. |
| National Fire Protection Association’s Firewise Communities Hits 600th Community Mark
12/3/2010 11:05:21 AM The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) Firewise Communities program reached a milestone in announcing its 600th community, Elk Falls Ranch near Conifer, Colorado. |
| Riverside County Brushfire Scorches Over 40 Acres
12/1/2010 2:50:37 PM Firefighters with CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire battled a brush fire Wednesday. The fire started around 11:39 a.m. near Indiana Avenue and Lakepointe Drive in the Home Gardens area. |
