Canadian Wildfire Smoke Crosses the Atlantic, Affecting Air Quality Index Across Europe Summer is officially here, meaning longer days, drier conditions, and warmer weather. While all of those factors make for a great day on the beach, it can wreak havoc on North America’s drier areas, especially the prairie provinces of Canada such as Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. I currently reside in Michigan, a state not commonly associated with wildfires due to […] Fire Joseph Kaufmann | June 11, 2025 0 Comments
Firefighter Killed Fighting Yosemite, CA Fire in Rugged Terrain on Saturday “Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, died while fighting the Ferguson Fire on the Sierra National Forest. He was a second generation CAL FIRE employee and 10-year veteran of CAL FIRE.” – CA Governor Jerry Brown’s office on July 14th, 218 Braden Varney’s bulldozer tumbled down a steep canyon while he was attempting to hold back a fire that had already […] Fire Firebrains | July 16, 2018 0 Comments
Hotshot Firefighter Killed in Montana Fire Last Week | 2 Firefighters Killed in Montana in 2 Weeks 2 Hotshot firefighters have died battling wildfires in the past 2 weeks in Montana. 29-year-old Brent Witham from Mentone, CA died on Wednesday in what Missoula County Sheriff’s Office is calling a “tree-felling” accident. Brent received CPR on scene and was airlifted to a local Missoula hospital. He was pronounced dead at that hospital. Brent was a member of the Vista […] Fire Firebrains | August 7, 2017 0 Comments
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