Wildfire NewsIdaho Agency Uses Dispatchers with Firefighting Experience for BLM ResponseBy Mary Rose Roberts (maryrose.roberts@penton.com) When an incident occurs in the area's high-desert grassland, mountainous regions and rural communities, such in-the-field knowledge improves response time... Chemguard, Williams Form Alliance
Chemguard and Williams Fire & Hazard Control have released the first in their collaborative line of high-performance firefighting foam concentrates. ... Mesh Network Powered by Trees Detects Fire DangersBy Mary Rose Roberts The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have tested a wireless environmental-monitoring system used to help first responders prepare for wildfires and disastrous events.... National Fire Plan Made Obsolete By Urban-Sprawl, Researchers SayBy Mary Rose Roberts Only 11% of National Fire Plan wildfire-mitigation efforts in the last five years have been performed near homes or offices... Podcast: Homeland Security Expert Discusses Pandemic Preparedness
Homeland Security Policy Institute's Daniel Kaniewski discusses how pandemics can adversely affect our nation's first-responders, specifically firefighters, as well as the nation's homeland security operations.... Fire Locator Aggregates Wildfire DataBy Mary Rose Roberts Pitney Bowes' research arm, Advanced Concepts and Technologies, recently launched the Fire Locator, a software-based data aggregator available to the public and public-safety agencies.... Speaker: Wildfires are Becoming a Bigger Problem that Demands ActionBy Janet Wilmoth At the first seminar of CFSI's 21st Annual National Fire and Emergency Services meeting, the U.S. Forest Service's Tom Harbour talked about the responsibilities of the fire service as wildland fires continue to grow in intensity and devastation....
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