The committee will examine how research on experimental fires can be improved to strengthen fire and smoke models for prescribed burns. The committee will: Identify relevant agency research projects ...

Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where researchers are studying bird feathers to determine the effects of wildfire ...

Wildfire risk is a constant threat to San Diego County and residents know all too well the feeling of seeing a plume of smoke rising above the skyline. But not all vegetation fires are bad. In fact, ...

Wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, clouding skies and choking air quality in distant cities. Predicting where those plumes will drift has always been difficult. Now, researchers at the ...

One of the most effective strategies for managing big box store fires is thorough pre-incident planning, going upstream of interventions. Departments should work closely with store management to ...

As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers. The ornithology curator at the Natural ...