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Forest Fires Could Spread Pollutants

US News & World Report - Thu Dec 3, 12:16 pm ET

Chemicals bond to smoke particles, and can then be transported across great distances.

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Washington lawmakers review 'no man's land' fires
Seattle Times - Tue Nov 24, 12:39 pm ET
A half-dozen state lawmakers attended a meeting at Sunnyside where about 100 people discussed the response to the Dry Creek wildfire last August that burned 77 square miles.
Penn Forest fire companies set for public meeting Monday night
Times News - Sat Nov 21, 9:19 am ET
Representatives from both volunteer fire companies in Penn Forest are preparing this weekend for an important public meeting to be held Monday night (Nov. 23) at 7 p.m. at the Penn Forest Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 on State Route 903. The meeting was called by Penn Forest Supervisors and will allow officials from both emergency services companies to answer questions from residents about a ...
State looking for firefighters
The Spectrum - Tue Nov 24, 6:21 pm ET
ST. GEORGE - State and federal agencies are recruiting firefighters for next year's wildfire season.
Another Mudslide Community Meeting Tonight
LAist - Mon Nov 23, 11:15 am ET
The City, County, LAPD and others have been holding a series of community meetings in wildfire-scorn areas that could soon be affected by damaging and sometimes deadly debris flows and flooding that tend to happen on rainy days. Four recent fire areas are concerning officials: the Sayre, Sessnon, Marek, and Station fires. If you live in those areas and want to go, the meeting is tonight at 6:30 ...
Smokey now says: 'Only you can prevent wildfires'
The News Herald - Sat Nov 21, 7:55 pm ET
PANAMA CITY — Smokey the Bear is one of America’s most identifiable advertising cartoons. The image — a brown bear in blue jeans with a ranger’s hat, gripping a shovel — has stayed the same since Smokey’s creation in 1944, but his message...
Wild Fire Season To Officially End Saturday
KERO 23 Bakersfield - Thu Nov 19, 2:07 pm ET
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tule River Reservation Fire Department (TIA) and Kern County Fire Department (KCFD) will officially declare the end of the 2009 wildland fire season on Saturday, November 21.
California wildfire 100 percent contained
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 18, 11:35 pm ET
Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in Southern California.
SoCal wildfire 100 percent contained
San Francisco Chronicle - Wed Nov 18, 11:40 pm ET
Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in southern Orange County. Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown says the fire was 100 percent contained by 6 p.m. Wednesday. McKeown says all units have been released from the scene. The fire,... Southern California - Orange County California - United States - Counties - California
SoCal wildfire 95 percent contained
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 17, 11:07 pm ET
Cold weather and calm winds are helping firefighters in their battle against a wildfire in Southern California.
Prescribed burn plans for today
Arizona Daily Sun - Fri Nov 20, 7:37 am ET
Pending favorable weather and ventilation conditions and approval from ADEQ, Coconino National Forest fire managers are planning burns on the following projects for today: