With Lake County now holding the title of the largest fire in California’s recorded history, the Ranch Fire of the Mendocino Complex, it leaves one to wonder what exactly it…
Adam PrellOctober 4, 2018
The legal battles begin as California still reels and begins to recover from what became the worst fire season in living memory last year. CalFire released a report on the…
John MeadJune 8, 2018
Experiments, models, and post-fire studies have shown homes ignite during wildfires due to the condition of the home and its surroundings, up to 200' from the foundation. The last couple…
Adam PrellMay 16, 2018
Wildfires have increased in intensity and impact to both humans and infrastructure in the last couple decades. If you live in a forest or wildland area, you face the real…
Adam PrellApril 11, 2018
Last week, a few of RedZone’s leaders attended the (Wildland Urban Interface) WUI Conference in Reno, NV. To kick it off, Pat Durland lead a featured course Sunday and Monday,…
Adam PrellMarch 9, 2018
In The Big Burn, author Timothy Egan takes the reader through the beginning years of environmentalist and activist John Muir’s growing friendship with then Governor Teddy Roosevelt. The book builds…
RedZoneNovember 30, 2017
If your company isn’t harnessing the power and audience of social media outlets in your disaster plans, you are leaving a huge resource untapped. Today we will be exploring some…
John MeadNovember 24, 2017
Wildfires are one of the most difficult natural disasters to model. Some argue wildfire modeling is 20 years behind hurricane modeling — and that’s not necessarily inaccurate. Hurricanes occur frequently,…
John MeadNovember 15, 2017
Earlier this week I published some thoughts about the first 24 hours of the October Napa Sonoma Fire Siege. The unprecedented destruction caused by these fires provoked many questions in…
Adam PrellNovember 3, 2017
