NASA tests drones to provide localized forecasting and aid in fire response
In Aug. 2024, a team of NASA researchers and partners gathered in Missoula, to test new drone-based technology for localized ...
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Canada invests $72 million on satellite constellation to monitor active wildfires
Canada is investing $72 million on a novel satellite constellation that will monitor active forest fires across the country.
What Canada's first publicly-built wildfire satellites could mean for the Yukon
NASA satellites have helped with early wildfire detection. Now that those satellites are at the end of their life, the Canadian government is replacing them. Yukon firefighters says it could be a game ...
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Fire union wants HRM to fund cancer screening for firefighters
The union representing Halifax Fire wants the municipality to support preventive cancer screening for firefighters at private ...
Canadian citizen charged with using drone to photograph Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
A Canadian citizen was recently charged with using a drone to photograph defense installations and equipment at Cape ...
Maine train derailment that led to injuries and forest fire was caused by beaver dam, officials say
The April 2023 freight train derailment took place in heavily forested Somerset County and also led to a forest fire. Railway ...
Fire consumes arena, circus and performing arts space in Igloolik, Nunavut
The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m., said George Qaunaq, the Igloolik's chief administrative officer. It engulfed the ...
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Models show intensifying wildfires in a warming world due to changes in vegetation and humidity; only a minor role for lightning
Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...
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B.C. man zapped, gassed, hit with a fire hose and ready to 'do it again'
B.C.'s police watchdog says the actions of a Courtenay man during an eight-hour standoff left police with "little choice" in ...
B.C.'s legendary Martin Mars water bomber makes final journey to its permanent home
The Philippine Mars water bomber, the celebrated aircraft that spent nearly five decades fighting wildfires across B.C., has ...
Canada is turning to space technology to help fight wildfires
The Canadian Space Agency is developing a way to track wildfires from orbit. The federal government is investing $72 million ...
Wildland fires are unpredictable—spaceborne lidar is helping reduce that uncertainty
Recent wildfires are larger and more intense than they've ever been in the historical record. If you've been watching the news at any point in the last decade, that's no surprise.