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  • Utah's 'Prescribed' Burns on Hold

    Federal and state agencies have postponed prescribed burns on thousands of acres in Utah because of drought-dry fuels and concern that any fire -- even a contained, intentionally set burn -- could become an uncontrolled wildfire.

    News • June 4th, 2003

  • California Air Tankers Grounded

    Once mainstays of the nation's aerial firefighting force, two C-130 tankers have been exiled this summer, and maybe permanently, to their dusty perches at a rural Tulare County airstrip.

    News • June 3rd, 2003

  • Pennsylvania Officials Searching for Cause of Blue Mountain Blaze

    Investigators are continuing efforts to track down witnesses to a forest fire that scorched 33 acres of Blue Mountain in Washington Township, Lehigh County.

    News • June 3rd, 2003

  • Winds Aid Alaskan Fire Crews

    A wildfire that threatened to overrun the Tok Cutoff and drive people from their homes over the weekend was slowed Sunday by favorable winds, giving at least 200 firefighters a chance to build breaks and hold a line, said state and federal fire...

    News • June 3rd, 2003

  • Colorado Wants Fire-Starter to Pay $27M

    State prosecutors say a former Forest Service employee who started Colorado's largest wildfire owes $27.5 million to residents who lost their homes or suffered other damages.

    News • June 3rd, 2003

  • Fire & Rescue Authority Gets ATV's

    The Durango Fire & Rescue Authority recently added four new tools to its stock of equipment to fight wildfires, and it has the community to thank

    News • June 2nd, 2003

  • Fire Burns 2,000 Acres in California

    California's wildfire season officially opens Monday, but flames arrived early in San Joaquin County, where a fast-moving grass fire burned more than 2,000 acres.

    News • June 2nd, 2003

  • Wildfire Season Begins Today, California Hires 1,500 Seasonal firefighters

    The official declaration from the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection signals the hiring of 1,500 seasonal firefighters and heightened vigilance in all areas of the state except in the extreme north. Fire permits may be suspended in some...

    News • June 2nd, 2003

  • Fire Burns 2,000 Acres in California

    California's wildfire season officially opens Monday, but flames arrived early in San Joaquin County, where a fast-moving grass fire burned more than 2,000 acres.

    News • June 2nd, 2003

  • Winds Come To Aid Of Tok Firefighters

    A wildfire that threatened to overrun the Tok Cutoff and drive people from their homes over the weekend was slowed Sunday by favorable winds, giving at least 200 firefighters a chance to build breaks and hold a line, said state and federal fire...

    News • June 2nd, 2003

  • Firefighting Arsenal Gets $11 Million Helicopter

    The dull thud, thud, thud you might hear in the skies near the Durango-La Plata County Airport is the sound of the latest addition to the arsenal being assembled to fight wildfires this summer.

    News • June 2nd, 2003

  • Crews Gain On Tok, Alaska Wildfire

    A wildfire near Tok slowed a bit Friday and even weathered a thunderstorm that could have hampered firefighting efforts

    News • June 1st, 2003

  • Cabazon, California Brush Fire Blackens 20 Acres

    A vegetation fire of unknown origin blackened 20 acres in Cabazon early Tuesday before firefighters got the upper hand on it.

    News • May 30th, 2003

  • Colorado Experts Prepare For Possible June Fires

    Which is more dangerous: the year in which wildfires hit on an inconceivable scale, or the year after that, when drought appears to abate and moisture saturates in spring?

    News • May 30th, 2003

  • Fire Burns 320 Acres In Huachucas

    A wildfire on the west side of the Huachuca Mountains burned 320 acres as of midnight Wednesday, according to Joan Vasey, a fire information officer for the Coronado National Forest's Sierra Vista Ranger District.

    News • May 30th, 2003

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