As Mosquito Fire Burns, Forest Health Partners Deploy New Technology to Help Reduce Wildfire Threats Across 1.5M Acres in the Tahoe Region Land Tender™ uses high-resolution imaging and artificial intelligence to modernize planning for forest health treatments As the Mosquito fire burns, and one year after the Caldor fire burned into the Lake Tahoe Basin, the Tahoe Fund and Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation announced the deployment of Land Tender™, a powerful new software tool developed by Vibrant Planet, that will allow land […] Fire Firebrains | September 23, 2022 0 Comments
Weekly USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast | National Preparedness Level Dropped as Fire Activity Significantly Decreases National Fire News National Preparedness Level 3 as of September 16 at 7:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. September 16, 2022 With significant fire […] Fire Firebrains | September 16, 2022 0 Comments
NASA: Western Smoke Rides the Winds In late summer 2022, nearly 100 large wildland fires burned in the U.S. West. Almost two dozen of those burned Washington and Oregon alone, filling the air with smoke. Plumes from two of the fires on September 10, 2022, were especially pronounced. Related: NASA: Smoky Fires Rage in the Northwest The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite […] Fire Firebrains | September 13, 2022 0 Comments
Stevens Pass, WA, Bike Park Closed All Weekend Due to Poor Air Quality and Nearby Wildfire Stevens Pass, WA, bike park closed on Friday due to poor air quality caused by the nearby Bolt Creek Fire and then remained closed Saturday and Sunday to support efforts to contain the fire. Related: Where Does Wildfire Smoke Go? The Bolt Creek Fire started on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at 5:15 am near Beckler Creek Road. Overnight, the fire […] Fire Firebrains | September 12, 2022 1 Comment
NASA: Smoky Fires Rage in the Northwest The scorching weather of summer 2022 has left much of the Northwestern United States primed to burn with wildland fires. In early September, the northern Rocky Mountains and the Cascade Range billowed with smoke that was slowly wafting across the continental U.S. and southern Canada. Related: [VIDEO] Big Bear Ski Area, CA, Employees Fire Up Snowguns to Slow Encroaching Wildfire […] Fire Firebrains | September 12, 2022 1 Comment
Weekly USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast | 96 Large Fires Currently Burning ~700,000 Acres in 8 States National Fire News National Preparedness Level 4 as of September 6 at 7:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. September 9, 2022 Currently, 96 large […] Fire Firebrains | September 9, 2022 0 Comments
Mosquito Fire in Placer County, CA, Doubled in Size Overnight | Blaze Started by PG&E Faulty Power Line The Mosquito Fire burning in Placer County, CA, exploded to 25,108 acres yesterday and crossed into El Dorado County, according to fire authorities. It is currently 0% contained. Bloomberg is reporting that the fire was started by a fault in a PG&E Corp. power line in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Related: [VIDEO] Big Bear Ski Area, CA, Employees Fire Up Snowguns […] Fire Firebrains | September 9, 2022 1 Comment
Wildfire Sparks Near Edge of Brundage Mountain, ID Sparked by lightning during a thunderstorm Wednesday evening, Sept. 7, the Rainbow Fire has grown to 15 acres near the perimeter of Brundage Mountain near McCall, Idaho. MSN News reports that the fire is burning in the Hidden Valley area and the Hidden Valley cliffs to the north of Brundage Mountain’s main front side runs. At this time no structures […] Fire Firebrains | September 8, 2022 0 Comments
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