When lightning strikes: Models of multi-ignition wildfires could predict catastrophic events

Multi-ignition wildfires are not overly common. But when individual fires do converge, the consequences can be catastrophic.
unr.edu

Collaborative research team awarded $1.5 million grant to improve wildfire models across the Western U.S.

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno and University of Washington Tacoma will collaborate to develop a new model that helps land and fire managers better predict and manage wildfires. The ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior

The committee will examine how research on experimental fires can be improved to strengthen fire and smoke models for prescribed burns. The committee will: Identify relevant agency research projects ...
Forbes

AI-Driven Innovations In Wildfire Management

Los Angeles has been my home since 2000. Living in the LA/OC vicinity areas, I had to see and face the devastation of several wildfires in 25 years. The biggest ones I’ve seen were the 2020 Yorba ...
KTLA

California officials release new fire hazard map: Check your neighborhood

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Two months after deadly wildfires razed ...
The Desert Sun

Cal Fire releases Southern California fire maps showing which areas are under a higher threat

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood ...