On a warm, dry day last week, prescribed burn coordinator Zachary O’Donnell ignited his drip torch and passed it to the landowner. They stood on the edge of a forest, somewhere between Marion and Old ...
FLORIEN, La. — Rodney McKay knows a lot about starting fires. Between 15 and 25 times a year, McKay heads into the woods with a drip torch, rakes and an array of other tools used to light fires, ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Firefighters across Reno County, along with the Kansas Forest Service, participated in drip torch training on Saturday. Reno County Emergency Management says firefighters from ...
When Raymond Huesties first became a firefighter for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern Oregon, he didn’t really have much of a choice. “My boss gave me a hard hat ...
A firefighter uses a drip torch to burn vegetation while trying to stop the Park Fire from near Mill Creek in Tehama County, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Advertisement ...
Jeremy Wolf, right, a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, uses a drip torch as part of a prescribed burn outside Hermiston on May 15, 2024. MISSION — When Raymond ...