Predictions for this year's wildfire season are concerning. We'll be regularly updating the section below with resources on how to protect yourself, your family and your home if you live in a wildfire-prone area, as well as how to be more aware if you travel to an area prone to wildfires:. There's a lot more to come to help guide your emergency planning and preparedness, so be on the lookout for new stories right here.
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Home When Is Wildfire Season? When Is Wildfire Season? How to Prepare for a Wildfire Wildfires can start at the drop of a match and move swiftly. Prepare your home for a wildfire by: Removing combustible items away from windows and walls Putting away all lawn furniture and wooden items Disposing of dried leaves, branches and wood in your yard Preparing an emergency kit Keeping lawn sprinklers and irrigation systems handy Having an escape and emergency plan Why Wildfire Season Is Expanding and Becoming More Dangerous Over time, wildfires have become more prevalent.
Meanwhile, the early start of the fire season means the window for proven fire mitigation efforts is shorter and shorter. The summer has already been brutal, but the highest danger for fire may not yet have passed. While the Pacific north-west could see some relief in the coming months, problems in California are sure to mount. Strong dry winds are expected to continue episodically over the next three months.
And the rains that once signalled the end of the season are more and more erratic. As fires continue to grow in size and severity and with the season stretching longer and longer, firefighting forces are increasingly spread thin.
Even though suppression costs have soared in recent years , fire crews struggle to keep up. Bigger blazes are increasing the burdens carried by firefighters, who are experiencing higher rates of suicide, depression and fatigue. Firefighters are leaving the force in large numbers, adding to the crunch. At the start of this summer the USFS reported that vacant firefighting positions went unfilled.
There are still solutions and mitigations that could slow the shift in intensity — but researchers say that window is closing. Giant sequoias and fire have coexisted for centuries. Climate crisis is upping the stakes.
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