Playing with fire, it's *** new way to fight it. Fire management agencies are relying more on simulation programs to better understand fire behavior. Meteorologist Ophelia Young sits through *** ...

In December 2025, the group contributed to two presentations at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, developed in collaboration with the University of Wyoming, the NSF National Center ...

On September 5, 2020, California's Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing its own weather system. The fire's extreme heat produced an explosive thunderhead that spewed lightning strikes and ...

If a wildfire causes an evacuation, people are forced to leave quickly and make decisions under pressure about what to bring and what to leave behind. Households with multiple cars might want to pack ...

Fire safety education and prevention efforts are getting a boost in three local communities with help from a new cutting-edge tool. The New Baltimore Fire Department recently announced the arrival of ...

In 2020, California’s Creek Fire became so intense that it generated its own thunderstorm, a phenomenon called a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. For years, scientists struggled to replicate these explosive ...

One option to reduce wildfire damage is home hardening, which describes a variety of structural modifications that homeowners can use to make their houses less susceptible to fire. These include using ...

Wildfire simulation programs are emerging as essential tools for understanding and forecasting fire behavior. The rapidly advancing technology is especially critical in wildland–urban interface ...