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The 2022 Wildland Urban Interface Supplement

Grab the 2022 Wildland Urban Interface Supplement, which features several exclusive articles on wildland firefighting and wildfires.
Firefighters working at Calf Canyon Hermits Peak fire

BLM Investigates Water Drop that Injured Wildland Firefighters in NM

Three firefighters battling the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire were injured when a helicopter dropped at least part of a load of water on them.
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Nonprofit Helps Former Inmate Firefighters Get Jobs

A nonprofit group is helping incarcerated people who have been trained as firefighters secure careers in the profession once they leave prison.
Wildland firefighter at Hermits Peak wildfire

NM Wildfire Nears 50% Containment as Weather Shifts

Crews in northern New Mexico have cleared and cut containment lines around nearly half of the perimeter of the nation's largest active wildfire.
Missoula MT firefighters with orphaned elk calf at Hermits Peak wildfire

Firefighters Rescue Orphaned Elk Calf While Fighting NM Wildfire

Crews from the Missoula (MT) Fire Department were working at the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires when they came across the calf.
Jayson Coil

AZ Firefighting Official: ‘I’ve Never Seen a Fire Like This’

Sedona (AZ) Assistant Fire Chief Jayson Coil discussed the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, now the largest fire in New Mexico history.
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Crews Slow NM Fires, Brace for Dangerous Conditions

超过2,000 firefighters battling the largest U.S. wildfire dug back-up fire lines and rearranged fire engines around homes in northeast New Mexico.
Hermits Peak wildfire

Rain Brings Relief to Massive, Record-Setting NM Wildfire

Lightning sparked some small fires in the drought-stricken Southwest but storms brought welcome rain to the largest fire in New Mexico's recorded history.
Flames rip through Laguna Niguel building

Photos: Laguna Niguel (CA) Fire Burns 20 Homes

Firefighters worked to save structures from a wildfire in Laguna Niguel in Southern California.
Las Vegas New Mexico wildfire

Wind Is Wild Card in AZ, NM Wildfires

Crews have spent days working to protect ranch homes scattered through northern New Mexico and stamping out small fires that jumped ahead of the main fire.
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