| FEMA Funding to Help California Fight Glenview Fire in San Bruno
9/10/2010 6:02:30 PM The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help the state of California fight the San Bruno Fire in San Mateo County. |
| Some Evacuated Boulder Residents Allowed to Return Home
9/10/2010 1:56:50 PM As of 6:00 p.m. Thursday, Jim Thomas's Great Basin Type I Incident Management Team has assumed command of the Four Mile Canyon Fire that has now blackened 6,422 acres. |
| San Bruno Explosion Kills Four
9/10/2010 1:51:25 PM At 6:24 p.m. Thursday night, a natural gas line ruptured in San Bruno, California. The fire burned 15 acres and is now 75 percent contained. |
| San Bruno Explosion Causes Large Fire
9/9/2010 7:58:48 PM At approximately 6:15 this evening a huge explosion, described by witnesses as a massive fire ball, rocked the hills of San Bruno, California. Initially thought to be an airplane crash because of the close proximity of the fire to the San Francisco Airport, the fire is now reported to be related to a broken natural gas pipeline. |
| Four Mile Fire Burns Near Boulder
9/9/2010 4:41:58 PM The Four Mile Canyon Fire that began Monday west of Boulder, Colorado has burned approximately 7,100 acres, according to InciWeb. At 3:00 p.m. a Red Flag Warning was issued by the National Weather Service for an area that includes where the fire is currently burning. |
| Staten Island Brush Fires
9/9/2010 10:34:37 AM Two separate brush fires ignited Wednesday afternoon on Staten Island. |
| US Forest Service Seeking Volunteers for Parry Pinyon Pines Project
9/9/2010 8:33:43 AM The US Forest Service, as a National Public Lands Day project, is seeking volunteers to assist with the removal of brush around the Parry Pinyon pine trees to help protect the trees if a wildfire were to occur. |
| Risk of Beetle Outbreaks Rise, Along With Temperature in the Warming West
9/9/2010 7:07:35 AM The potential for outbreaks of spruce and mountain pine beetles in western North America’s forests is likely to increase significantly in the coming decades, according to a study conducted by USDA Forest Service researchers and their colleagues. |
| Rain Slows Growth of Arizona Hobble Fire
9/8/2010 3:11:49 PM Managers report minimal growth on the Hobble Fire, 18 miles northeast of Williams, after measurable precipitation fell Tuesday. The fire is 950 acres. Most activity is interior smoldering. It will take several dry days before the fire resumes spreading. |
| Emergency Technologies Deploys Multi-Department Fire Records System in San Antonio, Bexar County, and Schertz Fire Departments
9/8/2010 11:47:48 AM Emergency Technologies, Inc. (ETI) proudly announces that the Visual Fire system is live and operational within the city of San Antonio Fire Department, the city of Schertz Fire-Rescue, and throughout all of the Bexar County Fire Departments. |
