http://www.firehouse.com Firehouse.com http://www.firehouse.com/article/10701015/wildfire-detection-in-the-21st-century-part-1/article/10701015/wildfire-detection-in-the-21st-century-part-1 Mike Archer examines how technology is changing the role of the 100-year-old fire lookout towers that were often the fire line of defense for fires in the wildland. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/article/10701015/wildfire-detection-in-the-21st-century-part-1/article/10701015/wildfire-detection-in-the-21st-century-part-1 http://www.firehouse.com/podcast/10619696/the-buzz-on-technical-rescue-multi-mission-air-operations/podcast/10619696/the-buzz-on-technical-rescue-multi-mission-air-operations Host Bob Duemmel talks with Los Angeles County Fire Department Helicopter Crew Chief Hank Reimer about a variety of responses for members of the department's famed air ops crews. The two discuss resource typing related to air operations, including the... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/podcast/10619696/the-buzz-on-technical-rescue-multi-mission-air-operations/podcast/10619696/the-buzz-on-technical-rescue-multi-mission-air-operations http://www.firehouse.com/press_release/10612210/bailey-selected-as-president-of-international-association-of-wildland-fire/press_release/10612210/bailey-selected-as-president-of-international-association-of-wildland-fire Bailey is the Director of the Wildland Fire, Natural Resource, and Natural Hazard Programs for the International Code Council (ICC) in Washington, D.C. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:33:16 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/press_release/10612210/bailey-selected-as-president-of-international-association-of-wildland-fire/press_release/10612210/bailey-selected-as-president-of-international-association-of-wildland-fire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10601826/mo-assistant-chief-seriously-injured-at-brush-fire/news/10601826/mo-assistant-chief-seriously-injured-at-brush-fire A Marshfield firefighter was injured Saturday after a branch from a burning tree fell on him. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:01:41 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10601826/mo-assistant-chief-seriously-injured-at-brush-fire/news/10601826/mo-assistant-chief-seriously-injured-at-brush-fire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10455885/wildland-firefighter-jailed-for-setting-calif-fire/news/10455885/wildland-firefighter-jailed-for-setting-calif-fire RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- A U.S. Forest Service firefighter scheduled to start trial this week on arson charges accepted a plea agreement Monday. Daniel Mariano Madrigal was immediately sentenced to state prison after he accepted the deal, which... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:42:57 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10455885/wildland-firefighter-jailed-for-setting-calif-fire/news/10455885/wildland-firefighter-jailed-for-setting-calif-fire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10457834/colorado-wildfire-contained-evacuations-lifted/news/10457834/colorado-wildfire-contained-evacuations-lifted BOULDER, Colo. -- Firefighters contained three wildfires in the foothills west of Boulder Saturday afternoon and evacuations were lifted for 160 homes. Reacting to high-fire conditions, including strong winds expected to... Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:32:06 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10457834/colorado-wildfire-contained-evacuations-lifted/news/10457834/colorado-wildfire-contained-evacuations-lifted http://www.firehouse.com/news/10457934/calif-residents-form-fire-preparedness-group/news/10457934/calif-residents-form-fire-preparedness-group POWAY, Calif. -- Members of one local community are taking extra steps to be prepared before another wildfire hits the region. The fires of 2003 and the Witch Fire of 2007 sent the county into a state of emergency and will forever be... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:45:48 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10457934/calif-residents-form-fire-preparedness-group/news/10457934/calif-residents-form-fire-preparedness-group http://www.firehouse.com/video/10460259/esperanza-fire-remembered-five-years-later/video/10460259/esperanza-fire-remembered-five-years-later Family, friends and colleagues will gather today to remember the five firefighters killed by the Esperanza Fire in Cabazon, Calif. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:52:38 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/video/10460259/esperanza-fire-remembered-five-years-later/video/10460259/esperanza-fire-remembered-five-years-later http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460258/esperanza-fire-remembered-five-years-later/news/10460258/esperanza-fire-remembered-five-years-later Family, friends and colleagues will gather today to remember the five firefighters killed by the Esperanza Fire in Cabazon, Calif. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:52:38 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460258/esperanza-fire-remembered-five-years-later/news/10460258/esperanza-fire-remembered-five-years-later http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460318/san-diego-homes-are-still-at-risk-from-wildfires/news/10460318/san-diego-homes-are-still-at-risk-from-wildfires SAN DIEGO -- Four years after the devastating Witch Fire, some San Diego firefighters told 10News tens of thousands of homes are still at risk. On this day in 2007, smoke shrouded the sun as the Witch Fire destroyed more than 1,100 homes in San... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:17:08 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460318/san-diego-homes-are-still-at-risk-from-wildfires/news/10460318/san-diego-homes-are-still-at-risk-from-wildfires http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460435/group-admits-mishandling-calif-victim-funds/news/10460435/group-admits-mishandling-calif-victim-funds SAN DIEGO -- Officials with the local chapter for Habitat for Humanity said on Tuesday that the organization made a mistake in handling donations for the 2007 wildfire victims. About $733,000 was raised but none of... Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:07:54 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460435/group-admits-mishandling-calif-victim-funds/news/10460435/group-admits-mishandling-calif-victim-funds http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460592/texas-volunteers-recall-fighting-big-wildland-fire/news/10460592/texas-volunteers-recall-fighting-big-wildland-fire The Heart of the Pines Volunteer FD was right in the middle of the Bastrop County fire. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:06:33 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460592/texas-volunteers-recall-fighting-big-wildland-fire/news/10460592/texas-volunteers-recall-fighting-big-wildland-fire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460681/texas-apparatus-badly-damaged-by-brush-fire/news/10460681/texas-apparatus-badly-damaged-by-brush-fire Officials believe that they had the fire under control until the flames reached the brush truck that had broken down in the path of the fire. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:54:13 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460681/texas-apparatus-badly-damaged-by-brush-fire/news/10460681/texas-apparatus-badly-damaged-by-brush-fire http://www.firehouse.com/video/10460697/another-wildfire-hits-devastated-texas-county/video/10460697/another-wildfire-hits-devastated-texas-county Officials said that the latest fire is different from the Bastrop Complex fire from last month and that the presence of firefighting aircraft has helped crews make swift progress. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:54:06 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/video/10460697/another-wildfire-hits-devastated-texas-county/video/10460697/another-wildfire-hits-devastated-texas-county http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460696/another-wildfire-hits-devastated-texas-county/news/10460696/another-wildfire-hits-devastated-texas-county Officials said that the latest fire is different from the Bastrop Complex fire from last month and that the presence of firefighting aircraft has helped crews make swift progress. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:54:06 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460696/another-wildfire-hits-devastated-texas-county/news/10460696/another-wildfire-hits-devastated-texas-county http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460898/inventor-markets-gel-approved-for-firefighting/news/10460898/inventor-markets-gel-approved-for-firefighting Don't try this at home: Peter Cordani's favorite way to show off his invention is to douse his arm in FireIce and try to char it with a blow torch. Fortunately for him, FireIce is an effective water enhancer that when sprayed on an object takes the heat... Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:10:26 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460898/inventor-markets-gel-approved-for-firefighting/news/10460898/inventor-markets-gel-approved-for-firefighting http://www.firehouse.com/video/10460899/inventor-markets-gel-approved-for-firefighting/video/10460899/inventor-markets-gel-approved-for-firefighting Don't try this at home: Peter Cordani's favorite way to show off his invention is to douse his arm in FireIce and try to char it with a blow torch. Fortunately for him, FireIce is an effective water enhancer that when sprayed on an object takes the heat... Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:10:26 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/video/10460899/inventor-markets-gel-approved-for-firefighting/video/10460899/inventor-markets-gel-approved-for-firefighting http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461048/firefighter-injured-while-battling-minn-wildfire/news/10461048/firefighter-injured-while-battling-minn-wildfire A wildland firefighter was injured on Monday while battling a large wildfire in Ely, Minn. when a tree knocked down by a bulldozer hit his leg, according to The Associated Press. Spokesman Doug Anderson said the firefighter was transported to a local... Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:38:21 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461048/firefighter-injured-while-battling-minn-wildfire/news/10461048/firefighter-injured-while-battling-minn-wildfire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461111/ousted-firefighter-drops-coat-at-texas-arson-fire/news/10461111/ousted-firefighter-drops-coat-at-texas-arson-fire HOUSTON -- An ousted Houston-area firefighter has been named the prime suspect in the latest wildfire to race through George Bush Park in west Houston, Local 2 Investigates reported Friday. Lonnie Ray Henderson, 28, of Katy, was jailed on a... Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:21:06 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461111/ousted-firefighter-drops-coat-at-texas-arson-fire/news/10461111/ousted-firefighter-drops-coat-at-texas-arson-fire http://www.firehouse.com/video/10461133/minnesota-crew-has-close-call-during-wildfire/video/10461133/minnesota-crew-has-close-call-during-wildfire Six wildland firefighters huddled for an hour in individual emergency shelters Monday as the wildfire in Minnesota blew past them, according to The Star Tribune.The wildfire has been raging across the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and has consumed more... Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:35:05 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/video/10461133/minnesota-crew-has-close-call-during-wildfire/video/10461133/minnesota-crew-has-close-call-during-wildfire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461132/minnesota-crew-has-close-call-during-wildfire/news/10461132/minnesota-crew-has-close-call-during-wildfire Six wildland firefighters huddled for an hour in individual emergency shelters Monday as the wildfire in Minnesota blew past them, according to The Star Tribune.The wildfire has been raging across the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and has consumed more... Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:35:05 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461132/minnesota-crew-has-close-call-during-wildfire/news/10461132/minnesota-crew-has-close-call-during-wildfire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461202/monkeys-displaced-by-texas-fire-cause-havoc/news/10461202/monkeys-displaced-by-texas-fire-cause-havoc WALLER COUNTY, Texas -- A group of pet rhesus monkeys are on the loose in Waller County. Some of them are even turning violent. Texas Parks and Wildlife officials said one of their game wardens, Karin Apple, was bitten by one of the monkeys... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:13:24 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461202/monkeys-displaced-by-texas-fire-cause-havoc/news/10461202/monkeys-displaced-by-texas-fire-cause-havoc http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461246/wildland-fire-severely-burns-calif-woman/news/10461246/wildland-fire-severely-burns-calif-woman LOMA RICA, Calif. -- A wildfire severely burned a woman Saturday afternoon in the Yuba County community of Loma Rica. The woman whose name was not immediately released was taken by ambulance to a hospital in... Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:18:57 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461246/wildland-fire-severely-burns-calif-woman/news/10461246/wildland-fire-severely-burns-calif-woman http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461292/texas-officials-turn-down-self-dispatched-vols/news/10461292/texas-officials-turn-down-self-dispatched-vols Many of the volunteers who headed to Bastrop to help battle one of the most destructive wildfires in Texas in decades were turned away, according to The Austin American-Statesman.After the fires broke out on Sunday, officials sought state assistance and... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:38:42 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461292/texas-officials-turn-down-self-dispatched-vols/news/10461292/texas-officials-turn-down-self-dispatched-vols http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461305/101-year-old-saved-from-raging-okla-wildfire/news/10461305/101-year-old-saved-from-raging-okla-wildfire OKLAHOMA CITY -- A 101-year-old man will live another day thanks to his old friend and caretaker. A.C. Johnson was at home during a wildfire that leveled several homes in Oklahoma City. J.R. Bradford, Johnson's... Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:51:42 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461305/101-year-old-saved-from-raging-okla-wildfire/news/10461305/101-year-old-saved-from-raging-okla-wildfire http://www.firehouse.com/article/10461349/emergency-telecommunications-for-wildfire-operations/article/10461349/emergency-telecommunications-for-wildfire-operations A look at how the U.S. Forest Service and CAL FIRE establish emergency communications while operating at wildland incidents. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/article/10461349/emergency-telecommunications-for-wildfire-operations/article/10461349/emergency-telecommunications-for-wildfire-operations http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461346/san-antonio-police-chopper-used-to-fight-fire/news/10461346/san-antonio-police-chopper-used-to-fight-fire SAN ANTONIO -- Most people see Blue Eagle, SAPD'S helicopter unit, and think police work. But Monday's wildfire in Stone Oak required one of their choppers to switch gears. On Tuesday, KSAT-12 spoke to the pilots who were in the thick of it all... Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:50:15 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461346/san-antonio-police-chopper-used-to-fight-fire/news/10461346/san-antonio-police-chopper-used-to-fight-fire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461359/growing-calif-wildland-fire-destroys-12-homes/news/10461359/growing-calif-wildland-fire-destroys-12-homes TEHACHAPI, Calif. -- Late Monday fire officials confirmed 12 Tehachapi area homes have been destroyed by the raging Canyon Wildfire, and another 600 homes are still threatened. The blaze has now scorched 8,600 acres in the hills above... Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:10:42 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461359/growing-calif-wildland-fire-destroys-12-homes/news/10461359/growing-calif-wildland-fire-destroys-12-homes http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461387/300-homes-destroyed-by-fast-moving-texas-fire/news/10461387/300-homes-destroyed-by-fast-moving-texas-fire BASTROP, Texas -- More than 300 homes have been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire in Bastrop, officials said Monday. The fire has consumed at least 16,000 acres so far, fire officials said. The wildfire started in the Lost Pines area northeast... Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:25:00 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10461387/300-homes-destroyed-by-fast-moving-texas-fire/news/10461387/300-homes-destroyed-by-fast-moving-texas-fire http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460190/calif-crew-stops-grass-fire-feet-from-homes/news/10460190/calif-crew-stops-grass-fire-feet-from-homes BENICIA, Calif. -- Some Benicia residents were breathing easier Sunday night after a fast-moving, three-alarm grass fire was knocked down by firefighters within a few feet of their homes. The fire started near Benicia Community Park around 4:15... Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:22:46 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/news/10460190/calif-crew-stops-grass-fire-feet-from-homes/news/10460190/calif-crew-stops-grass-fire-feet-from-homes