by admin | Aug 10, 2018 | Fire news
Wildfires rage in the Algarve – in pictures More than 1,000 firefighters are battling blazes for a seventh day in the popular tourist area in Portugal. Extremely high temperatures have been blamed for Click...
by admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Fire news
SALT LAKE CITY — As wildfires ravage the U.S. West, Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney has called for more logging and a high-tech early detection system in a plan that was met with some skepticism. Romney, a candidate in Utah, said in an essay that more logging...
by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | First Responders
MINNEAPOLIS – After more than 14 months of battling pancreatic cancer, veteran, firefighter, husband and father, Chuck Brynteson, passed away in April. There is, however, a way to keep his legacy alive. The 48-year-old retired Air Force Master Sergeant served as...
by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Fire news
Firefighters battle the Ranch Fire near Clearlake Oaks, California, on Aug. 5. Photographer: Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Lakeport, (AP) — Wildfires tearing through trees and brush, rampaging up hillsides and incinerating neighborhoods: The...
by admin | Aug 6, 2018 | Fire news
AN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration declared a “major disaster” in California as the state fights devastating wildfires that have now claimed at least nine lives. The declaration makes federal funds available to residents of Shasta County, where the...