Wildfires
State auditors say they’ve been urging the Fire Marshal’s Office since 1988 to set up a legally required safety inspection program for schools and public buildings. A new review of the Marshal’s parent agency says it still hasn’t happened.
Sep. 21, 2023
As temperatures cool, public lands agencies have begun to carry out prescribed burns to thin fuels and reduce the risk of wildfire, and one of those fires will take place northwest of Phoenix.
Sep. 19, 2023
The union representing federal employees is warning that the country could lose up to half its wildland firefighters unless Congress acts ahead of a sunset to a pay raise that dries up in two weeks.
Sep. 18, 2023
The city of Flagstaff has announced plans to conduct prescribed burns within city limits this fall. The burns will take place on city-owned parcels and will likely occur in mid-September to mid-November, depending on weather.
Sep. 14, 2023
The Show spoke with Mary Lata, the fire ecologist for the Tonto National Forest, about the longer season and more severe wildfires affecting the Sonoran Desert on our Saguaro Land series.
Sep. 14, 2023
The city of Flagstaff will start work later this month on a nearly $1 million creek restoration project that will repair a waterway damaged during last year’s Pipeline Fire.
Sep. 8, 2023
Wildfire seasons are growing longer and more active, bringing smoke with well-known physiological effects. But as tiny particulates kicked up by fires drift on the wind, they might also worsen mental health and even increase suicide rates.
Sep. 7, 2023
Crews continue to monitor the Valentine Fire, which has burned about 2,500 acres northeast of the community of Young on the Mogollon Rim.
Sep. 7, 2023
Visitors to the Grand Canyon Skywalk and the North Rim may see smoke later this week from a prescribed burn at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
Sep. 5, 2023
Two Phoenix-area businesses are trying to help those who’ve lost their homes in Maui wildfires by sending tiny homes to the island.
Aug. 28, 2023
Fewer than five wildfires are currently burning in the state, but there’s still concern about the potential for new ones to spark.
Aug. 25, 2023
Forest officials have announced thinning and piling projects for a swath of the Coronado National Forest. Operations will begin in September and span near 800 acres to include areas of Mt. Lemmon and Willow Canyon.
Aug. 19, 2023
It’s rained enough in northern Arizona that officials have lifted all fire restrictions in the Coconino and Kaibab national forests. And federal officials are easing some fire preparedness levels across the entire U.S. Southwest.
Aug. 15, 2023
Residents living on the island of Maui in Hawaii continue to face adversity after devastating wildfires killed dozens, displaced hundreds and destroyed property.
Aug. 13, 2023
An investigation into last year’s destructive Tunnel Fire that destroyed dozens of buildings northeast of Flagstaff shows that investigators were able to rule out most causes for the fire.
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Aug. 11, 2023
The Show spoke with Cindy Stillwell, a documentary filmmaker and film professor at Montana State University, about her most recent project focusing on the Mohave National Preserve and the York fire that has incinerated countless Joshua trees.
Aug. 11, 2023
Thanks to monsoon rains, it looks like one of the several wildfires burning across the state could be having its last gasp.
Aug. 7, 2023
The Show spoke with John Truett, state management officer at the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, about the extended life of wildfires this year.
Aug. 1, 2023
The Department of Agriculture will take applications for a new round of grants in the Community Wildfire Defense Program.
Jul. 31, 2023
The Diamond Fire located in the Tonto National Forest continues to burn at 4,770 acres with no containment. Fire officials made progress in response to the blaze on Friday.
Jul. 29, 2023
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