| Museum Celebrates Wildfire Awareness
5/2/2009 7:33:09 PM In honor of Wildfire Awareness Week, May 2-9, Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum will host Wildfire Awareness Day on Saturday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Montana To Honor Crew Chief Killed In Crash of Aerial Firefighting Plane
5/1/2009 7:23:41 AM Governor Brian Schweitzer has requested all flags in his state be flown at half-staff today in honor of one of three crew members killed in the crash of their aerial firefighting plane last weekend in Utah. |
| Cal Fire Extinguishes Murrieta Wildfire
4/28/2009 10:46:20 PM Quick work by 135 firefighters stopped a fast-moving brush fire Tuesday afternoon in Southwest Riverside County. |
 | National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Raising Funds to Support Families of Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty
4/14/2009 4:19:21 AM The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), was formed by the United States Congress in 1992 to honor firefighters killed in the line of duty and to assist their families in their time of grief. Since then the NFFF has helped thousands of fallen firefighters' families to rebuild their lives through several programs. |
 | Wildfire Research Network Stresses Need for Presidential Action on Wildland Firefighting Resources
4/5/2009 11:08:43 AM With the problem of wildfires growing steadily across the United States, Tony Morris and Robert Cavage of the Wildfire Research Network, are stressing the importance of increasing funding and legislative support for wildland firefighting resources on a national level. |
 | Kurt Winchester Selected as New US Forest Service Fire Management Officer
3/25/2009 12:12:31 AM Kurt L. Winchester has been selected as the new Fire Management Officer (FMO) of the San Bernardino National Forest (NF). He is currently the District Ranger on the Mountaintop District of the Forest. |
 | CAL Fire Budget Crisis Debate Intensifies
3/20/2009 11:07:09 AM As California wildfire season approaches, Cal Fire is facing a budget crisis which has been recently intensified by lawmakers' reluctancy to support a property insurance surcharge proposed by Governor Schwarzenegger that was intended to help subsidize fire crews, engines and aerial support. Cal Fire officials', citizens' and some lawmakers' concerns have increased after a recent report by a state legislative analyst suggested that Cal Fire's budget be cut by $55 million. |
 | Jury Recommends Death Penalty in Raymond Lee Oyler Arson Murder Trial
3/19/2009 10:31:41 AM A jury has recommended the death penalty in the Raymond Lee Oyler arson murder trial. |
 | Raymond Lee Oyler Sentenced to Death for Murder of Five Firefighters
3/18/2009 3:07:26 PM Jurors recommended that Raymond Lee Oyler be sentenced to death for the murder of five U.S. Forest Service firefighters during the Esperanza Wildfire that he was convicted of setting. Their announcement came at 3:00 p.m. PST today at the Riverside Hall of Justice. |
 | Jury Begins Deliberations in Raymond Lee Oyler Arson Murder Trial
3/17/2009 6:08:47 PM The jury in the Raymond Lee Oyler trial heard the last testimony today in the penalty phase of the trial and will begin their deliberations tomorrow morning at the Riverside Hall of Justice. |
