Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
One Home Lost to Wildfire in Western Montana
Jul 24 2006 // A wildfire in western Montana destroyed a house and two outbuildings, a U.S. Forest Service official said Saturday. The fire, which has scorched about 4 square miles, is one of five large blazes in Montana, according to...
Colorado Casualty Offers Policyholders Disaster Planning Guides
Jul 18 2006 // Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is helping its 14,000 homeowner insurance policyholders and homeowners throughout the West and Southwestern states protect their families and homes during wildfire...
Desert Wind, Heat Making Fighting Calif. Wildfires Tough
Jul 14 2006 // California firefighters dug in for another day of blistering heat Thursday as they struggled to keep a string of desert wildfires from spreading toward the mountain resort community of Big Bear Lake. The lightning-sparked...
Fire Officials on Edge as California Fire Season Kicks Off
Jul 10 2006 // With a spate of wildfires last week in Southern California and an explosion of lightning-ignited blazes in the northeastern part of the state, the start of this year’s fire season has many officials on edge. As of...
Country Star Donates More than $100K to Okla. Wildfire Fund
Jul 7 2006 // Country star and Warner Brothers recording artist Blake Shelton on July 6 presented Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland and Project Rebuild with a $108,000 check for Oklahoma wildfire victims in a...
COLORADO WILDFIRES
Jul 3 2006 // Fraud on the Farm: USDA needs to control crop insurance program Artisan Contractors: Artful eye toward marketing pays off
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // Three insurers sue to recover claims paid in ’02 wildfire Three insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit to recover $7.04 million in claims paid for homes damaged or destroyed in the 2002 Hayman Fire in...
Three Insurers Sue To Recover Claims Paid in ’02 Wildfire
Jun 15 2006 // Three insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to recover $7.04 million in claims paid for homes damaged or destroyed in the 2002 Hayman Fire in Colorado. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. Inc., three...
High Winds Fail to Blow Up New Mexico Desert Wildfires
May 25 2006 // A desert wildfire that has burned about 8,000 acres of New Mexico grass and brush remains uncontained Tuesday, but firefighters were pleased that high winds that fanned the blaze Monday did not blow the fire out of...
Okla. Tax Credit for Homeowners Passes Senate
Apr 25 2006 // A bill authored by Senator Susan Paddack, an Ada Democrat, that will give Oklahoma families a tax credit for rebuilding their homes that were destroyed or damaged by the recent wildfires won the approval of the full Senate...
Fireman’s Fund Sponsors Wildfire Seminar on San Francisco Earthquake Centennial
Apr 18 2006 // As the nation commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, one of the surviving companies from that disaster — Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., will be hosting a...
FEMA Delivers Trailers in Okla.
Apr 12 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun to deliver manufactured homes to Oklahoma families displaced by wildfires. The first home was delivered to Chad and Shalin Dumos in Ratliff City in southern Oklahoma. The...
Okla. House Ends Contentious Firefighter Funding Feud
Mar 30 2006 // Without debate, the Oklahoma House passed an $8.9 million firefighter funding bill March 28 but may not have put to rest the political feud over how to replenish rural volunteer fire department budgets and equipment...
Okla. House Considers Increase in Firefighter Funds
Mar 24 2006 // Leaders in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on March 22 introduced a plan to increase support for rural firefighters and restore the resources and capabilities of departments. The state Senate on the same day proposed...
Okla. Senate Proposes Comprehensive Rural Fire Protection Plan
Mar 23 2006 // Oklahoma State Senator Jeff Rabon, chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Regulatory Services, announced that recent wildfires across the state have prompted the Senate to step forward with a...
Earthquakes, floods and wildfires … oh my!
Mar 20 2006 // “First and foremost, have some sort of plan. It doesn’t have to be a million dollar plan for the smaller operators but communication needs to be spelled out.” – David Losson In the wake of Hurricane...
Wind-Driven Fires Ease in Texas Panhandle, Conditions Worsen
Mar 17 2006 // The strong winds that pushed wildfires across nearly a million acres of the bone-dry Texas Panhandle were easing early on Thursday, March 16, but in Oklahoma, the fire danger was picking up. A series of wind-whipped grass...
Texas Responds to Deadly Wildfires in the Panhandle
Mar 14 2006 // Gov. Rick Perry said Texas is leading a coordinated effort to battle deadly blazes that have swept through the Texas Panhandle, burning about 663,000 acres and leaving at least 11 people dead. The Tradewind Aircraft...
Study Says Californians Unmotivated to Prepare for Next Disaster
Mar 2 2006 // Californians believe that their state is prone to disasters, but see little motivation to prepare for nature’s crushing blows, a new poll has found. The poll, sponsored by the Insurance Information Network of...
Experts predict devastating Arizona wildfire season ahead
Feb 20 2006 // Dry conditions this year and heavy moisture last year could combine to make Arizona’s imminent wildfire season the most devastating yet, experts told Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at a roundtable discussion. Wildland...
