Key Takeaways Smoke from wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires is significantly more harmful to human health than smoke from ...
The use of explosive weapons in populated areas is one of the most immediate threats to civilians in contemporary armed conflict. Civilians account for the vast majority of people who are killed ...
9, 10:15 a.m. Forward progress on a wildfire that blew up Sunday in a populated area of California ... 8, 8:12 p.m. Fire crews were “making good progress” in fighting the Boyles Fire despite ...
The proposed district aims to serve the unincorporated areas of Collin County, where residents are at risk of losing essential fire and emergency services due to the increasing st ...
Forest crew fighting a fire. University of Montana Library ... due to the increased land area and population of the Wildland Urban Interface. Even as they move away from their fire suppression ...
As California struggles to defend itself against increasingly destructive urban wildfires, recent fire deaths in Altadena ... and extend into densely populated areas, according to researchers.
a professor at Pomona College with expertise in fire management in urban landscapes. A 40-year drought, arid vegetation and explosive Santa Ana winds in a heavily populated area created a recipe ...
The number of incidents are more from highly-populated areas. But rural areas are equally ... ground and above the building exclusively for fire-fighting, pumps, hoses and valves to help fire ...