Medical preparedness advocate Dr. Joseph Alton shared tips on how people can prepare their families and their homes for fire weather. August 12, 2023.Firefighters have plenty of ways to battle the spread of flames, but some first responders have a different approach to wildfire response.A smokejumper is a unique type of wildland firefighter that's trained to reach remote fires by parachuting from about 3,000 feet to attack a designated area, typically without road or trail access, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.RARE ASHFALL WARNING ISSUED AS MOUNT KILAUEA VOLCANO ERUPTS FOR 43RD TIME, PRODUCING LARGE LAVA FOUNTAINSThis type of response allows firefighters...

Originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, this article is republished with permission. Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat veteran Wes J Bryant had pored over in his mission to overhaul how the US military safeguards civilian life. Parents wept over their children’s bodies. Crushed desks and blood-stained backpacks poked through the rubble. The death toll from the attack on an elementary school in Minab climbed past 165, most of them under age 12, with nearly 100 others wounded, according to Iranian health officials. Photos of small coffins and...

Medical preparedness advocate Dr. Joseph Alton shared tips on how people can prepare their families and their homes for fire weather....

Originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, this article is republished with permission. Images from the missile strike in southern...