🔥FUSEE in the news: 🔥 “It’s retrograde, a throwback to talking about fire purely in terms of threat, risk, danger,” Tim Ingalsbee, FUSEE Executive Director. Read more: "Burgum rolls out plan for Interior-based wildfire service" www.eenews.net/articles/bur...

Include fire in your comment letter to protect the Roadless Rule: 1) We are failing to fully protect our communities in roaded landscapes and need to focus on those people and places first.

Last chance to protect the Roadless Rule! Comment period ends tomorrow. Submit a comment now. tinyurl.com/3f439mf8

Lots of happy talk about fed fire consolidation from Trump Admin boasting about greater "efficiency" & "streamlining" while power gets concentrated in the hands of political appointees, & env. regs, agency budgets, & the wildland fire workforce are cut. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...

The Dept. of Interior revealed its fire consolidation schema to create a U.S. Wildland Fire Service headed by a new "Fire Chief." The mission of the USWFS remains vague, but it centralizes administrative power in the hands of another Trump political appointee. www.eenews.net/articles/bur...

It's comforting that Congress is finally paying attention to this issue, and federal agencies are taking some initial actions. Firefighter safety must include caring for physical and mental health, and providing long-term health care for all. internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/wildfire-fig...

Today we give the stage to not just wildland firefighters, but all first responders who have given their lives to protect others.

Since the creation of the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy, firefighter safety is the #1 priority on every fire incident. The concept of firefighter safety needs to include longterm health and wellness. Smoke sucks! Mask up when and where you can. www.latimes.com/science/stor...

Under pressure, the USFS relents and makes masks available to wildland firefighters. Firefighter safety is the #1 priority, and this must include caring for health and wellness. Next step: long-term health care for available all firefighters, public and private. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Another devastating story about young wildland firefighters afflicted with horrible diseases from smoke effects. Private contract firefighters are denied worker's comp, as profits come first. Wildland firefighters are essential workers, not expendable 'soldiers.' www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

FUSEE condemns the recent arrests of wildland firefighters by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). At a time when every able-bodied firefighter is needed to protect threatened communities, pulling trained crew members off the fireline to demand papers is not only cruel, it is dangerous.

This story continues to spread because it displays the dangers of extremist xenophobia impacting both community wildfire safety and our sense of justice. More importantly, this could impact the morale and cohesion of firefighting crews across the country. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The two wildland firefighters taken by U.S. Border Patrol agents have become 'los desaparacidos' unable to speak to their families or lawyers. The rest of their crews were removed from the Bear Gulch Fire. Trump's xenophobia trumps wildfire safety or justice. www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...

Fire and ICE don't mix! At a time when every able-bodied firefighter is needed to protect threatened communities, Trump's ICE patrols are hauling crews away. Taking firefighters off the firelines to line up to show their papers. This is Gestapo cosplay shit! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The Dragon Bravo is a tale of two fires: 1) the wildland fire that was rejuvenating the land; 2) the urban fire that destroyed the lodge and other structures. The latter was caused by structure vulnerability to ignition--a problem we can proactively solve. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Follow the Lookout's Zeke Lunder and firefighter friends as they delve into the context of the So-Cal fires: Documentary series here: the-lookout.org/danger-in-pl...

"...the real issue is not that fire happens, but how we respond to it." Read more:

Call on Governor Kotek to pardon wrongfully incarcerated Brian ‘Hakiym’ Simson, a CAL FIRE Engineer, wildland firefighter, father, poet, and longtime community advocate. Sign and share: change.org/justiceforha...

"The White House is considering a draft executive order proposing full suppression of all wildfires and a restructuring of the nation’s wildfire management teams, which has drawn harsh criticism from fire experts who have reviewed it." Read about 10 A.M. Policy: mountainjournal.org/white-house-...

The impacts of smoke on wildland firefighters' health are horrid. Especially toxic are urban fires. The USFS knew about this for decades, but resisted providing protective measures because it would cost the agency more money, require more crews, more safety breaks. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

Trump's proposed federal agency fire consolidation proposal (a.k.a. the "fire con job") took another hit today in a critical news story broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition. It featured a great quote from FUSEE's co-founding board director, Rich Fairbanks! www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...

Don't miss the PBA TAKEOVER at #FireCon2025 ❗ Join us in New Orleans and celebrate PBAs and private land burning on Thursday, December 4 🔥More information can be found at afefirecongress.org

Is this reorganization or deorganization? This new Trump memo shuts down regional USFS headquarters in the West where most of our public lands are. 🔥 Read this Spotfire! Blog to learn more: fusee.org/fusee/politi...

It's wildfire season, so if the sky is looking a little hazy, you should check the air quality for your neighborhood 💨 and protect your health. Obviously, there's an app for that. But you can always always find accurate info on the state's website too -- www.airnow.gov/state...

Wildland firefighters will be expected to do more with less. Beware 2 scenarios: 1) crews taking huge safety risks to accomplish impossible missions; 2) crews backing off and burning out under severe weather/fuel conditions--guaranteeing hi-severity effects. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The House Natural Resources Committee just approved a bill (H.R. 178) to resurrect the 1930's "10 am Policy" to extinguish all wildfires within 24 hours of detection. This policy was rejected 50 years ago because it fueled bigger hotter blazes. From now on, Megafires should be called MAGAfires!

The 2002 Biscut Fire occured just over 23 years ago. This fire was a prime example of the harms that fire suppression can lead to. Read about it in detail in the "Collateral Damage" white paper. drive.google.com/file/d/1RVth...

“That’s the paradox: When we are successful with initial attack, it’s probably when we shouldn’t be so aggressive in putting fires out, and when we’re not successful with initial attack it’s during pretty severe fire weather and we wish we had let fires reduce fuel loads earlier in the year.”

Check out the latest updates on Spotfire! Blog: fusee.org/fusee/savage...

California’s fire season + politics are a hot topic. 🔥 This article breaks down how suppression strategies, staffing cuts, and political pressure are shaping the U.S. Forest Service’s work this year. 📖 Read more: www.kqed.org/science/1997...

Happy National Wildland Firefighter Day! Sending thanks to all of the brave firefighters, firelighters and fire lovers out there.❤️‍🔥 Check out FUSEE.org for updated fire news, resources for firefighters and more.

Even while Trump's agency leaders sabotage their own agencies, ethical fire managers can make brave decisions to do the right thing in the public's interest. Actively managing wildfires today will make more resilient landscapes, safer communities tomorrow. losalamosreporter.com/2025/06/30/s...

Our hearts go out the the firefighting community in Idaho. ❤️ This is an incredibly tragic loss. Seeking support is an act of bravery. Please check out our partners at the Eric Marsh Foundation for information on firefighter support. ericmarshfoundation.org

Smokey Bear needs to be liberated from the constraints of the USFS's unsustainable fire exclusion paradigm, not shackled to the oars of ceaseless firefighting in the galleys of Trump's new suppression super-agency. www.postindependent.com/news/trump-a...

“Senator Wyden’s National Prescribed Fire Act is a must-pass bill for the sake of our communities and forests." Tim Ingalsbee says, "Proactive prescribed burning beats reactive wildfire fighting any day!” Read more: www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...

For wildfire governance nerds, this paper explains the challenges of collaboration. Cooperation with info--yes; but with operations--sometimes not. Trump's "Fire Con" E.O. will generate internal conflict even if agencies are all 'assimilated in the Borg.' www.publish.csiro.au/wf/pdf/WF25013

We're proud to join the Wildfire Resilience Coalition—working together to create meaningful change in wildfire risk management, accelerate resilience across communities and landscapes, and help shape informed policy.🔥 Learn more about WRC on their website: wildfireresilience.org

Sending our love to those affected by fire and smoke in Canada and surrounding areas. ❤ www.scientificamerican.com/article/when...

Although Trump's proposal feels like a DOGE-style downsizing scheme, there are proponents within the wildland fire community voicing hope for it. Granted, fire program consolidation has some merit, but this is the wrong time and worst Administration to make it happen. www.cpr.org/2025/06/17/t...

In Trump's mind, the Republican Congress serves as silent partner paying for his Executive Orders. The House marks up their FY 26 Approps bill next week. We'll see if they include Trump's demolition/consolidation plan for fed fire management...or not. www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/trump-a...

A very important story on USFS wildfire policy that was overlooked amongst all the weekend's events. We're riding on a razor's edge between the old paradigm's 'fight all fires' and new paradigm's 'manage every fire' for firefighter/public safety and fire ecology. www.kqed.org/science/1997...

TACO time again! Trump's final Executive Order is a huge rollback from his draft E.O. Still, the unfunded mandate of "consolidating" federal fire programs during peak wildfire season on top of the disruption caused by the DOGE dudes is a dangerous distraction. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Lisa Murkowski, chair of Senate Appropriations Committee, raised concerns about the "drastic reorganization" that would "upend the agency's relationship to fire and forest management." The more Congress learns about this, the more concerns they raise www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

two great articles on the value of home hardening (homes that won't ignite or be ripped apart in hurricanes) and zone 0 (wildfire safe gardens) and their relationship to insurance costs. LA Times on IBHS burning houses down in a demonstration of ignition prevention: www.latimes.com/california/s...

A very disappointing fact about Canada. -Indigenous people make up 5% of Canada's population. -These forest fires impact 42% of the land where Indigenous people live. -Indigenous people are NOT included in govt fire programs. --we can learn so much from Indigenous people!

The USFS formally rejected the "10:00am Policy" 46 years ago, but Trump's MAGA-fied USFS proposes a new "Half-Hour Policy" where all wildfires will be attacked within 30 minutes of detection. Decades of advances in fire ecology science just went up in smoke... www.kunc.org/2025-06-02/f...

Variations of this story continues to get republished in papers across the country because the issue of Trump's demolition of federal agency wildland fire programs continues to simmer. Remote rural communities will be on their own responding to wildfire ignitions. azluminaria.org/2025/05/26/a...

Trump's federal fire agency consolidation proposal is another DOGE-like demolition scheme--aiming to move fast and break things--with huge impacts on firefighter and community safety. Let's hope cooler heads in Congress look before they leap./ fireandsafetyjournalamericas.com/trumps-plan-...

The USDA Secretary's bravado about USFS firefighting capacity masks a growing panic. After DOGE's decimation of career and collateral fire duty employees, huge holes in rosters remain. Now everybody/anybody left in USDA could be conscripted into the firefighting army. www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...

Trump's proposal to cleave fire management away from 5 federal land mngt. agencies is a DOGE-like downsizing scheme adding further chaos as peak wildfire season approaches. With this sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of career firefighters, what will be the impact on their morale and safety?