🚒 Ten rural fire departments in Mendocino and Humboldt counties now have new Type 6 engines, improving wildfire, rescue and medical response in difficult terrain.

Funded through $2 million in state support, the engines arrive just ahead of fire season.

https://mendovoice.com/2026/02/modern-fire-trucks-bring-new-resilience-to-an-entire-region/?utm_campaign=tmv&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Mendocino #Humboldt #WildfirePreparedness #FireSeason #Firefighting

Victoria’s fire season officially begins
#ausnews #vicnews #CFA #fireseason #fire #safety #summer #bushfires

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/victorias-fire-season-officially-begins/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Total Fire Ban declared for Mallee region
#cfa #tfb #fireban #summer #Mallee #fires #TotalFireBan #fireseason

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/mallee/total-fire-ban-declared-for-mallee-region/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Triangle of success
#ausnews #vicnews #CFA #Marysville #Buxton #Narbethong #triangle #fireseason #Region12

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/hume/triangle-of-success/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

#Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the #climate warms

“Conditions are really dry, there’s no rain in sight, the risk is extremely high in #NovaScotia,” the province’s premier, Tim Houston, told reporters. “I’m happy to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to protect people, to protect property and try to just get through this #FireSeason and really just pray for rain.”

Fires have even erupted in #Ontario’s #Kawartha Lakes region, a collection of rural communities less than 100 miles (160km) north of #Toronto that are a popular summer destination for residents of Canada’s largest city.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/17/new-canada-wildfires-locations

#ClimateCrisis
#Pyrocene
#ExtremeWeather
#Wildfires

The province is a tinder box. So there will be no walking or biking on the trails we have been planning to go on, at least until October.

And no cool place to walk Joni through our woods either. But I get it.. It's scary, honestly.

"The Nova Scotia government has announced it's banning hiking, camping, fishing and use of vehicles such as ATVs in the woods as of 4 p.m. Tuesday due to an elevated wildfire risk.
Camping in campgrounds is still permitted, but trail systems through woods are off-limits under the new rules.
The rules are in place for provincial Crown and private land until Oct. 15 or until weather conditions allow them to be lifted.
The fine for violating the ban is $25,000."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hiking-ban-vehicles-wildfire-concerns-1.7019695

#EllieKPosts #novascotia #NovaScotiaWildfires #FireSeason

'Dirty August': Peak #FireSeason is here and 4 national parks are on fire

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/wildfires-rage-4-national-parks-dirty-august-20798227.php

Utah governor declares state of emergency in response to escalating wildfires

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Gov. Spencer Cox declared a 30-day state of emergency as wildfires intensify across…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Emergencypersonnel #Fireseason #Firefighting #Gov.SpencerCox #Headlines #Human-caused #Stateofemergency #TopStories #Utah #Wildfires
https://www.newsbeep.com/33220/

Looks like it’s officially fire season in Northern California again.

#CaliforniaFires #FireSeason