A new wildfire forecasting system that updates using real-time weather data could help firefighters protect lives and ...

Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers at Ohio State ...

and it has become a standard tool for fighting wildfires. A common use for the Pulaski is in creating fire breaks -- sections of land devoid of vegetation which can help contain forest fires.

lab improve data and methods of quantifying wildland fire emissions by adapting existing Forest Service fire information products and tools using NASA data and products. This research has been ...

"We’d put the fire out, and then the next day it would pop up again,” says Gregory Rathbun, equipment manager with the Rhode Island Forest Fire ... “It's about fighting fires, and not ...