Setting fires, for safety’s sake

Setting fires, for safety’s sake

Smoke in the skies over Vacaville and Fairfield this month aren’t cause for concern. It’s a sign that fire crews are hard at work protecting the region from more dangerous blazes to come. With fire season approaching, local and state agencies ramped up prescribed burns and wildland fire training operations in recent weeks across Solano County. These efforts are part of a coordinated push to reduce wildfire risk, build firefighter readiness, and …

Mitigation of US wildfires through prescribed burning revealed by four decades of satellite data

In the United States, forest and fire management communities ignite and manage fires under controlled conditions, known as prescribed burning, to prevent the occurrence of large wildfires. Studies on prescribed fires often lack long-term data to validate their effectiveness in reducing wildfires....