Beneath every wildfire model there is a set of assumptions, ideally based on a theory of how fire ignites and spreads. The model, however, is only as good as the theory that drives it and the data ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A wildfire swept through the west Maui community of Lahaina on Aug. 8 killing at least 97 people and destroying more than 2,000 buildings. Shortly thereafter, an interdisciplinary ...

A wildfire simulation setup by the La Plata County Office of Emergency Management last week looked at what businesses should do in the event of a wildfire. Businesses in Bodo Industrial Park, located ...

A developing pyrocumulonimbus cloud above Oregon's Gulch Fire, part of the Beaver Complex Fire, in 2014. On September 5, 2020, California’s Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing it’s own ...

Wildfire simulation programs are emerging as essential tools for understanding and forecasting fire behavior. The rapidly advancing technology is especially critical in wildland–urban interface ...

Wildfire season is upon us. The Upper Snake Interagency Wildfire Group held a wildfire simulation workshop to prepare firefighters for the worst. “By my count, there are 14 agencies that are ...

1 suspect arrested, others still at large in connection to Lynchburg shooting Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with a weekend shooting on Florida Avenue that left three people injured ...

Local and regional law enforcement officials came together last week with Department of Natural Resources personnel to fight a large, and spreading wildfire. Real flames weren’t required and fire ...

Since January’s wildfires flattened entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles, displacing 12,900 households and causing an estimated $30 billion in losses, California’s many other fire-prone communities ...