Mendocino Complex Fire Summary The Ranch fire, which is being managed as a part of the Mendocino Complex, Started on July 27th on the north bound side of highway 20,…
Adam PrellAugust 16, 2018
The Ferguson Fire began last Friday evening (13/July) in the Savage Trading Post area of Mariposa County, CA. It quickly grew past 4,000 acres by Sunday morning. Evacuations were issued…
RedZoneJuly 19, 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
Fire Season in 2017 was yet another headline-filling wildfires across the US and North America. Data reported by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) for the 2017 calendar year showed…
Adam PrellJanuary 26, 2018
Introduction In the Wildland Firefighting community Smokejumpers are widely regarded as one of the most prestigious positions in the fire service. Smokejumpers are transported to fires in fixed wing aircraft,…
Adam PrellJanuary 3, 2018
UPDATE 01/03/18 @ 4:49 p.m. – The fire is now 92% contained at 281,893 acres. Thomas Fire Summary The Thomas Fire began in Ventura County just north of Santa Paula…
Adam PrellDecember 22, 2017
Red Flag Warning Possible through Saturday The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Southern California beginning in the early AM hours on Monday through (at least)…
Adam PrellDecember 4, 2017
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
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
