https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-update-july-31-1.6125474 For days, thick smoke from wildfires has blanketed B.C. cities in the Kootenays and Okanagan. Now, Metro Vancouver is bracing for that smoke to reach the coast this weekend. On Saturday, Environment and...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5796635/Wildfire-burns-Boy-Scouts-buildings-dry-New-Mexico.html ***More than 60 per cent of the U.S. West is experiencing some level of drought, the latest federal drought maps show, forcing national forests and other public lands to close because of...

What are the best ways to protect a bug-out location from wildfires? I'm in the beginning stage of picking a few acres for my BOL. (Any advice on that alone is appreciated.) So far, I'm looking for some rural land that's a few miles from a small town area. the goal is to make it a general...

All Colorado Springs need to be prepared to evacuate. So far, no containment. We have 98 degree temps with 7% RH. It's too early to know what the fire will do. These are the pictures from my house which is about 12 miles away. Between it and me is Colorado Springs proper...

I was surfing the web after work last night when I went to the local newspaper's website and saw there was a wild fire near my BOL. Needless to say I hoped in the truck and ran up to maybe get some stuff out of there that could blow up. The wife and I spent the better part of the evening...

I live way out in Central Texas everyday this month we have been on red flag alert. We get grass fires almost every other day. Also out here is Camp Swift, where 2 large fires have been in 1 months. Between my home and Camp Swift is a coal mine. You can see from the road tons of coals piled up...

One of the things that most preppers forget is that once the SHTF develops, wildfires will be a frequent problem. In urban areas, whole blocks of buildings will burn to the ground when fires start to spread and nobody stops them. In rural areas, lightning strikes and other sources may cause...

Downloads: A new file has been added by Maurepas: fire safety_are you prepared for wildfires Tips for prepping for wildfires.