Red Flag Warning – September 29, 2020
High winds and dry conditions bring a danger of rapidly moving fires.
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NorCal Fires – September 28, 2020
Shady Fire bearing down on Santa Rosa — new evacuation warnings in eastern Humboldt as August Complex Flares — North Complex forces evacuation warning in Paradise
Fire safety: MCSO reminds all residents of Mendocino County to use caution this weekend
With many people in Covelo and beyond anxiously watching how this weekend’s weather will affect the hard-fought containment of the nearby August Complex fire, Lt. Shannon Barney of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said there are many other things that are actually under human control that could create a new devastating fire.
Climate change is driving California’s record wildfires
California is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons on record and climate change seems to be the main driver, according to a new study. Researchers have found an “unequivocal and pervasive” role for global warming in driving the scale and severity of the fires.
To Manage Wildfire, California Looks To What Tribes Have Known All Along
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/24/899422710/to-manage-wildfire-california-looks-to-what-tribes-have-known-all-along?fbclid=IwAR0GH3bA6puxqjQ4NSGmT8sxXixGdbozg78dgtD6RgInDePawPE2JTcl2MM
How a ‘Hillbilly Brigade’ saved an Oregon town from raging wildfires
MOLALLA, Ore. (Reuters) – Nicole West steered her bulldozer through the smoldering forest, pushing logs into the underbrush and away from the wildfires ripping through Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Her border collie, Oink, rode shotgun as West and a volunteer crew raced to clear a fire line. https://www.reuters.com/video/?videoId=RCV008QSW&jwsource=em Behind West, on the front lines of the …
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Sarah Reith of KZYX speaks with Scott Cratty and Mary Buckley about a grant to help income eligible people get free defensible space work done on their properties.
Scott Cratty of Mendocino Firesafe Council cites Sherwood Firewise several times for the work we did in helping to keep residents safe during the Oak Fire. https://www.kzyx.org/post/still-time-get-free-defensible-space-work-done-get-health-district-board#stream/0
Sherwood Firewise looks back at Oak Fire evacuation
Sarah Reith interviews Keith Rutledge and Mathew Caine after the evacuation has been lifted. September 17, 2020 https://www.kzyx.org/post/sherwood-firewise-looks-back-oak-fire-evacuation#stream/0
They Got Out Before They Had To…
Interview with Sarah Reith of KXYX during the evacuation. Keith Rutledge and Mathew Caine. September 9, 2020. https://www.kzyx.org/post/they-got-out-they-had#stream/0