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"Today, Forest Fire Service crews will be met with significant challenges due to the forecasted weather," the New Jersey fire service said in a social media post. "A Red Flag Warning is in effect ...
The U.S. Forest Service hopes to hire over 11,300 firefighters this year. The agency will also offer training to allow more teams to be ready for bigger disasters.
Firefighting is a dangerous profession due to the toxic environment created by combustible materials, with major risks being smoke, oxygen deficiency, elevated temperatures, poisonous atmospheres, and violent air flows. [4] To combat some of these risks, firefighters carry self-contained breathing apparatus.
The remnants of the storm are expected to bring rain to the central and eastern Gulf on Tuesday and Wednesday. 40 million people under red flag warnings in the Northeast due to fire danger ...
A national assessment of wildfire risk in the United States based on GACG identified regions (with the slight modification of combining Southern and Northern California, and the West and East Basin); indicate that California (50.22% risk) and the Southern Area (15.53% risk) are the geographic areas with the highest wildfire risk. [14]
In the United States, a Shot Crew, officially known as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), is a team of 20-22 elite wildland firefighters that mainly respond to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad. They are assigned to work the most challenging parts of the fire and are considered strategic and tactical wildland fire experts.
The work is hot; the gear is heavy; the terrain is unforgiving. When temperatures soar, firefighters — like this U.S. Forest Service crew seen battling the Basin fire — have an even tougher job.
A controlled burn prior to the wildfire season can protect infrastructure and communities or mitigate risks associated with many dead standing trees such as after a pest infestation when forest fuels are high. [29] Northern California fire crews start a backfire to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. [30]