Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Collaboration provides emergency managers resources, energy, ideas, talent, funding and time. It fosters buy-in and broadens understanding. As collaborators work together to achieve a common goal, ...

Firefighters learn the basics of building construction during their probationary years, because, as we approach a building that’s on fire, knowing the construction type helps us begin to formulate an ...

Firefighters at the scene of the Canyon Fire in California. Photo courtesy Los Angeles County (CA) Fire Department PIO. Throughout my 30 years in the fire service, I have witnessed many different ...

Like many organizations, the fire service is significantly transforming its leadership styles and approaches. Historically, leadership within the fire service was rooted in an aggressive and ...

Wildfires are essential for maintaining ecological balance, but they can also cause serious damage to ecosystems and wildlife. Fires release large amounts of carbon dioxide and organic and inorganic ...

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Facing massive blazes, record-breaking devastation and seemingly never-ending wildfire seasons, some local fire agencies and communities in Western states are looking back to methods that Indigenous ...

Forestry fire management encompasses a range of integrated strategies designed to prevent, control, and even harness fire within forest ecosystems. In modern practice, the objective is not solely ...

A web-enabled emergency management system that was designed for Department of Defense installations is deployed and operational at Redstone. The Physical Security Integration Framework-Interconnection ...

The day-to-day recovery from the Palisades fire is being led by L.A.’s Emergency Management Department, a long-underfunded agency. Mayor Karen Bass hired Hagerty Consulting to help EMD with recovery, ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Fire management of two Colorado blazes will be turned over to Type 3 Incident Management Teams on Wednesday as the fires grow in Eagle and Chaffee counties. The two fires are called ...