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Wildland Fire Behavior: A 'Tune-up' for Structural Firefighters

The intent of this article is to "tune-up" your understanding of wildland fire behavior. Understanding fire behavior allows for the correct selection of strategy and tactics. Similar to structural ...
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Fuel breaks for forest fires could be more effective in reducing potential risks and impacts if planned using a new optimization approach, which accounts for uncertain wildfire ...

Mike Lewelling, National Park Service. Author countries: Canada, U.S. Funding: Funding for this work was provided by Natural Resource Canada’s Canadian Forest Service Wildfire Risk Management Program ...
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Crazy Creek Fire grows to about 28,000 acres, as visiting management team deals with more extreme fire behavior

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Some new out-of-state help has arrived to help lead the fight against two fires burning in the Ochoco National Forest. The Crazy Creek fire north of Paulina has grown to more than ...
KTVZ

17-acre Cottonwood Fire on Ochoco National Forest sparked by lightning, not a spot fire from nearby Crazy Creek Fire

PAULINA, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new wildfire reported Saturday on the Ochoco National Forest east of the nearly 87,000-acre Crazy Creek Fire is not a spot fire from that over month-old blaze but a new start ...
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Summit Creek fire started by lightning grows beyond 1,200 acres in Cassia County

The Summit Creek Fire, which was sparked by lightning around 2:00 PM on Monday, has now grown to 1,273 acres in Cassia County.The U.S. Forest Service Sawtooth ...