Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program
Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CWDG) help communities and Tribes plan for and reduce wildfire risk and implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.Launched in 2022, the $1 billion five-year competitive grant program funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…
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Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Historic Year
As the agency's Wildfire Crisis Strategy enters its third year, this publication looks back at what was accomplished on the 21 landscapes during fiscal year 2023. It highlights the successful partnerships, new management practices, and on-the-ground efforts that have reduced wildfire risk for communities, infrastructure, and natural resources. The document also looks forward to how work will continue to be funded and implemented, through both new and existing sources and programs.
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Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program
Marc Estrada a Forest Service wildland firefighter with Palomar Fire Station during a prescribed fire. (U.S. Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt)
The Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program enables national forests, in collaboration with tribes, communities, and partners, to reduce…
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Dirty Nomex? Don’t think cool—think contaminated.
Jose Maldonado, Feather River Hot Shot, performs mop up support to ensure ground is cold during the Dixie Fire, Lassen National Forest, California. The Feather River Hot Shot crew secured a 30-acre spot fire and contained a potential fire spread. USDA Forest Service photo by Cecilio Ricardo.
Firefighters…
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Wildfire
Wildfire is both simple and complex. It is restorative and destructive. It burns areas completely and partially. Wildfires are natural and they are human caused. Contained and uncontained. All this nuance is often summed up with red asymmetrical shapes on a map.To understand the meaning behind those maps, we talked with a fire behavior analyst with California Incident Management Team 4 and a…
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Moose Fire Complex narrative report
WASHINGTON, DC—On July 21, 2022, a contracted wildland fire helicopter, a Boeing CH-47D, crashed into the Salmon River on Salmon-Challis National Forest. The helicopter pilots were engaged in suppression efforts on the Moose Fire 20 air miles northwest of Salmon, Idaho. Sadly, both pilots…