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Judge: Wildfire Suspect May Be Incompetent

A firefighter accused of setting a wildfire that merged with another to become the largest in Arizona history may be incompetent to stand trial, but more mental tests are needed, a judge ruled Monday.

News • December 17th, 2002
Ruling Rejects Bush's Forest Plans

Bush administration plans for managing national forests were dealt a setback by a federal court ruling that revives a logging and road-building ban, could halt some road building in Idaho and threaten timber sales in Alaska.

News • December 13th, 2002
Bush Proposes Forest-Thinning Rules

Bush proposed new rules Wednesday to speed up thinning of fire-prone forests and removal of brush to ease the risk of wildfires.

News • December 12th, 2002
Wildfire Move: U.S. Plans Tree-Thinning in Forests

-- The Bush administration skirted a resistant Congress on Wednesday and moved ahead with its own plan to thin fire-prone forests by speeding up environmental reviews and appeals.

News • December 11th, 2002
Firefighting planes grounded for safety

A fleet of government planes used to battle wildfires has been grounded by the Bush administration after an independent study found lax inspections led to an "unacceptable" safety record.

News • December 10th, 2002
Aerial Firefighters Pledge Reform

The aerial firefighting industry promised reforms Thursday to help prevent a repeat of this summer, when two aging air tankers crashed fighting wildfires in California and Colorado, killing five people.

News • December 10th, 2002
Exhausted Aussies Take a Break from Dousing the Inferno

Wildfire crews have been battling the blaze for six days.

News • December 10th, 2002
State Crew Contains Salt Creek Fire

State foresters suspect a hunter or other forest user ignited the fire.

News • December 10th, 2002
Australians Set Backburns to Slow Fires

fire roared up a mountain valley west of Sydney on Sunday, gutting two homes next to a historic hotel.

News • December 9th, 2002
Sydney Surrounded by Flames

Bushfire containment lines broken .

News • December 8th, 2002
Wildfires Rain Ash, Sparks on Sydney

Two elderly men died and 19 homes were destroyed in two days.

News • December 6th, 2002
Firefighters Battle to Control Sydney Blazes

News • December 6th, 2002
Barton Could Get 5 To 10 Years for Hayman Fire

Colorado's largest wildfire claimed 138,000-acres and burned for eight months.

News • December 6th, 2002
Panel Faults Aerial Firefighting Program

Panel studies Forest Service aerial firefighting program.

News • December 6th, 2002
Forest Service Grounds 11 Airtankers

The permanently grounded planes carry too high a risk to use, said Forest Service Fire Director Jerry Williams, and a long-term solution could mean building planes specifically for fighting wildfires, at a cost of $20 million each.

News • December 6th, 2002

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