January

January (All News)

• Local boost as Premier announces new $18m Bushfire Centre of Excellence in Shire of Murray
• Could one environmental document cover all fire safety projects? State hopes so
• Sheriff’s Office Names 2 More Dead in California Wildfire
• Cultural burning to return to Victoria after 170 years in the hope of revitalising the land
• Borneo study explores links between farm expansion and deforestation
• Tasmania fires: more homes lost amid calls to combat world heritage ‘tragedy
• Bangkok Shuts Hundreds of Schools as Toxic Haze Shrouds City
• Undergrounding power lines in fire-prone areas could help mitigate risk of wildfire
• Forest department takes to social media to tackle rising cases of jungle blaze
• Land Use Planning More Effective Than Logging to Reduce Wildfire Risk

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February

February (All News)

• CPUT receives more investment to build South Africa’s MDA satellite constellation
• Blanket ban on fuel removal in forests hindering fire management: WB study
• ‘Rewetting work at Marsden has saved moors from more wild fires’
• CA Governor Wants $40M for More CAL FIRE Firefighters
• Forest fires in India tripled in the last four months
• The Economist: El cambio climático y la amenaza para las empresas
• PG&E drops 4% after report it delayed safety work on power line linked to wildfire
• Train on Trans-Siberian railway goes through wall of fire from grass and forest inferno
• Wildfires Rage in Britain After Record Temperatures
• Wildfires could get smaller in the future, new models predict

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March

March (All News)

• Govt Restores Vegetation in Riau Biosphere Reserve
• Forest fires raging in North Macedonia; 2 detained
• PG&E lands $5.5 billion in funds to keep operating during wildfire-linked bankruptcy
• Firefighter in Texas killed in helicopter crash
• Landmark ruling in Parkerville bushfire litigation
• Saving Lives and Property: The U.S. National Fire Danger Rating System
• 5,000 farmers to be exposed to climate-smart practices
• Weather catastrophes cause $2.2b in losses
• Wildfire Season Planning Includes Guarding Against Toxic Smoke
• Bushfire threat level wasn’t raised until after four people died: Esperance inquest

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April

April (All News)

• China mourns Sichuan forest fire victims as details of their lives emerge
• UENR organises workshop on bushfire prevention for farmers
• WILDFIRE FATALITIES: Spain reports high death toll among firefighting aircraft crew
• Forest fires raging in North Macedonia; 2 detained
• Arkansas firefighter who had heart attack while responding, passes away
• Bush fire claims life of retiree
• Satellite data and AI help fight Sweden’s forest fires
• The Vicious Climate-Wildfire Cycle
• Wildfire fears remain detrimental to Sonoma County’s tourism sector
• Forest fire in Natura reserve is quenched

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May

May (All News)

• Wildfire smoke from Canada moves farther into United States
• Senators to followup on bill passed to enhance safety of wildland firefighters
• If you’re a PG&E customer, get ready for power blackouts this year to prevent wildfires
• Firefighters battle Jordan’s biggest wildfire ever
• Wildfire smoke can harm your lungs, your heart, and maybe even your mental health: research
• A Sea Of Sagebrush Disappears, Making Way For Fire-Prone Cheatgrass
• Navigating the Smokey Haze — Impacts of Wildfire Smoke on Potatoes
• Asia Pulp & Paper, once linked to haze, set to return to shelves after getting green certification
• Not Enough Is Known About Smoke’s Effect On Wildland Firefighters’ Health
• Rethinking Disaster Recovery After A California Town Is Leveled By Wildfire

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June

June (All News)

• Living with Fire II: Missoula among communities working to become ‘fire-resilient’
• Clear-cutting more harmful to mushrooms than forest fires, study finds
• New Aerial Firefighting Tool Secured To Help With Quick Evacuations And Suppression During Wildfire
• It’s so hot in Spain that manure self-ignited, sparking a 10,000-acre wildfire
• Big fire in Lavrio: In progress but with better image
• Europe boosts firefighting response ahead of an expected record wildfire season
• Thawing Arctic peatlands risk unlocking huge amounts of carbon
• Wildfire burns 400 ha of protected areas within 3 months
• The Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke May Last a Lifetime
• Sawgrass Fire scorches 42,000 acres in Florida Everglades, continues to grow

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July

July (All News)

• Urban planning: historical changes integrating bushfire risk management in Victoria
• Russian Embassy: Trump offers Putin help in fighting Siberian wildfires
• Shamans Summon Rains to Put Out Siberian Wildfires
• Quintana Roo forest fires 95% under control
• PG&E rejects report it ignored power line wildfire threat
• Brigade to set up bush fire warning system
• Some 5,929 deployed personnel douse forest fires in five provinces
• NASA tracks wildfires from above to aid firefighters below
• 45 SA firefighters back home after helping to douse flames in Canada
• Climate Change Really is Causing California’s Raging Wildfires

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August

August (All News)

• Eddie Cross: Fires All Over Zimbabwe
• Bolivia struggles to keep wildfires under control
• New law changes funding for fighting wildfires
• After wildfires, hundreds of thousands of Californians can’t get insurance
• Loggers are lighting fires inside the territory of uncontacted Amazon tribes
• Amazon fires: Indigenous people show fire can be used sustainably
• Bush fire rages in open lot in Belize City
• We’re unaware that air pollution is a silent killer
• Bushfires, searing temperatures and mass fish deaths: Experts predict a ‘perfect storm’ of conditions will lead to one of the nation’s worst summers ever
• Brazilian indigenous speak out as Amazon fires rage

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September

September (All News)

• California Tests New Strategies to Prevent Deadly Wildfires
• ‘Children worst hit by haze from Indonesian forest fires’
• Upping the Ante: PG&E Bondholders Offer $29.2B for Wildfire Victims
• Indonesia forest fires have ‘major impact’ on climate, 360m tonnes of CO2 released since August: Masagos
• Wildfires spread to planned site of new Indonesian capital
• Statement from the IAWF about climate change
• Merkel promises €500m to revitalise German forests
• Most California wildfire is in wildland-urban interface area with less fuel, more people
• Jair Bolsonaro says ‘deceitful’ media hyping Amazon wildfires
• Weaving Culture Into Fire Management Helps Tribes Reclaim Suppressed Heritage

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October

October (All News)

• New Threats Put Wildfire Fighters’ Health on the Line
• Who’s to blame for California’s planned power outages? Some say PG&E, others say politicians
• Private firefighting industry growing
• Ex-California governor predicts state can turn around wildfire crisis in less than two years
• Haze has likely affected palm oil production in Indonesia: analyst Fry
• We’ve Had Terrible Fires. Why Haven’t More Homes Burned?
• California’s on Fire, Unplugged and Out of Easy Answers. So Why Don’t We…?
• WWF: Fires cause less damage in 2019 but other risks remain
• Forest fire triggers landmine blasts along LoC
• Santa Maria Air Tanker Base more active than usual with recent wildfires

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November

November (All News)

• Feinstein Urges Justice Department to Prevent Drones from Interfering with Firefighting
• Huge Amazon Wildfires Endanger Our History As Well As Our Air, Archaeologists Say
• After Australian Bushfires, People Knit Mittens for Burnt Koalas and Raise Almost $2 Million to Help
• NSW bushfires are the EU’s largest emergency mapping operation of 2019
• Calls for Australian Defence Force to be used again in bushfire battles
• Fire rages in the Overberg
• Editorial: California will never control raging wildfires if it doesn’t stop building in high-risk areas
• Australia Confronts Arson as Bushfires Burn
• Countries from Siberia to Australia are burning: the age of fire is the bleakest warning yet
• Judge Rejects PG&E’s Attempt To Upend California’s Wildfire Liability Law

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December

December (All News)

• California eases way for land clearing to prevent wildfires
• Mallacoota bushfire hell: 4,000 trapped on beach in Victoria
• Australia fires worsen as every state hits 40C
• The Amazon lost 10.3 million football fields of rainforest in the last decade
• Wildfire victims have until 5 p.m. Dec. 31 to file claims against PG&E
• More Canadian firefighters ship out to battle Australia wildfires
• Recent wildfires inspire builders to make homes more fire resistant
• Sydney New Year’s fireworks to go ahead despite wildfires
• Mass evacuation as ‘columns of fire’ threaten Australian holiday area
• This Spray On Gel Could Help Prevent Wildfires

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