Communicating fire science and research for the diverse ecosystems in California. From chaparral to the Sierra Nevada, our non-profit encourages collaborative, science-based management and outreach for wildfires, prescribed fires, mechanical treatment
Communicating fire science and research for the diverse ecosystems in California. From chaparral to the Sierra Nevada, our non-profit encourages collaborative, science-based management and outreach for wildfires, prescribed fires, mechanical treatment
According to Cal Fire incident data, roughly 838,575 acres have burned so far this season. That’s more than in2022and2023combined. Although fires are part of our forests’ natural ecosystem,human-caused climate changeand roughly a century offlawed forest managementhave greatly increased the risks...
The Impact of Wildfires on Building Codes: Reflections on the Recent Los Angeles Fires January 27, 2025 A Chase Bank branch on Sunset Boulevard burning on January 8. Image © CAL FIRE_Official via Wikipedia under Public Domain License
The data did not include the Los Angeles area fires this week. In 2023, seven of the 12 largest insurance companies by market share in California either paused or restricted issuing new policies in the state. That has made it extremely difficult for homeowners ...
had been documented. Now, they’ve become more common: In 2018, theCamp Fireburned 153,336 acres, and theMendocino Complex Fire, a pair of wildfires, burned a combined 459,123 acres. By the middle of the century, the average size of fires in the West could double or even increase six...
Fig. 1: Spatial domain of the study and the recorded total number of fires since 1950. Blue dots refer to the locations of the weather stations used for this study. Fire perimeter data are derived from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (FRAP). ...
“Florida is prone to hurricanes so they do lots of things to mitigate the risks of hurricanes. California is prone to fires and they do things to make the fires worse,” he said. In 2019, Trump challenged the elected official’s preparedness in a tweet alleging Newsom’s mismanagement. “...
Assessing costs of Indonesian fires and the benefits of restoring peatland Article Open access 02 December 2021 Human and infrastructure exposure to large wildfires in the United States Article 03 July 2023 Data availability Ground-level PM2.5 measurements for 2018 were obtained from US Environmen...
California Has Known That Disabled People Need Help in Fires. After LA, Can It Better Prepare? A coalition of 126 organizations have asked California's governor and lawmakers to prioritize disabled and older residents as the state distributes wildfire recovery funds ...