How wildfires spread is more variable and unpredictable than Canada's standard models assume, new research from UBC Okanagan ...

DAVIS. THANK YOU. AND WHEN BATTLING LARGE WILDFIRES, CREWS NEED ALL THE RELIABLE INFORMATION THEY CAN GET. THEY CERTAINLY DO. FIRE GROWTH MODELS CAN BE A GOOD TOOL FOR MAKING DECISIONS. METEOROLOGIST ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Applying the HWP to a weather model like the HRRR provides an inexpensive way to anticipate changes in fire activity without running a computationally expensive fire behavior model.” This ...

BOULDER, Colo. – A new tool from NOAA is the first to ever provide hourly updates on wildfire behavior, giving more accurate and timely predictions of wildfire activity. The tool, called the Hourly ...

Two months after deadly wildfires razed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, Cal Fire has released a new map showing fire hazard severity zones for the entire state. The maps were developed ...

During some of the worst hours in Camp Fire, which in 2018 burned the town of Paradise, California to the ground, the fire was growing so fast it ate up 10,000 acres within just 90 minutes. "We're ...

The blaze, which has burned 23,700 acres in western Los Angeles since starting on Jan. 7, has been tricky to wrangle. Its northern edge, including Mandeville Canyon, is the area of biggest concern, ...