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Andrew Nixon/CapRadioState Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant outlines how Cal Fire is preparing for the peak of California’s increasingly long and unpredictable wildfire season, as millions of residents find themselves living in higher-hazard areas. -
April Ehrlich/OPBOregon is expected to have an extremely hot and dry summer, setting the state up for a potentially devastating wildfire season ahead.
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A federal judge denied a timber companies’ complaint that firefighters did not do everything possible to stop the spread of the Beachie Creek Fire. -
The Legislature spent $218 million to cover the costs of the most expensive fire season on record. -
This year’s record wildfire season has left contractors who fought fires sitting unpaid for months. -
The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn’t act. -
The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023, which is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden, will offer relief to survivors of wildfires dating back to 2015. -
Californians pay billions for power companies’ wildfire prevention efforts. Are they cost-effective?After utility equipment sparked tragic wildfires, PG&E, SCE and SDG&E received state approval to collect $27 billion from ratepayers. As California electric bills soar, questions have emerged about oversight and costs. -
State agencies say they don’t have enough money to pay for a fire season that burned almost 2 million acres. Lawmakers will step in to help next month. -
Letters informing some Oregon property owners they are in areas of high wildfire hazard were supposed to go out over a month ago. Residents are still waiting. -
The Rail Ridge Fire in Grant County burned much of the grass that wild horse herds need to survive through winter. -
A partial list from the Oregon Department of Forestry shows it has collected $86,000 of $24 million it paid to fight several dozen wildfires that were maliciously or negligently ignited over the last two decades. -
A conservation group will pilot a program that uses GPS, collars and cows. The concept could make Eastern Oregon rangelands more resilient against wildfires. -
Royal Oaks Mobile Manor in Phoenix was destroyed in the 2020 Almeda Fire.
