fire shelters
Coverage of fire shelters in the Nexus archive.
- Fake fire shelters raise safety concerns for wildfire crews
Fake fire shelters are raising safety concerns for wildfire crews. Fire shelters are mandatory equipment for crews battling wildfires in rugged terrain.
- Echoes of deadly Arizona wildfire with 3 firefighters killed in Colorado-Utah blaze
A wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border killed three firefighters and injured two others, drawing comparisons to the 2013 Arizona Yarnell Hill Fire, which remains the deadliest in U.S. wildland firefighting history. Both incidents involved firefighters using fire shelters during dangerous conditions, though no faults were found in the 2013 investigation.
- Echoes of deadly Arizona wildfire with 3 firefighters killed in Colorado-Utah blaze
A wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border killed three firefighters, marking one of the deadliest incidents since the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona that killed 19 firefighters. Both incidents involved fire shelters deployed by crews facing extreme conditions, with investigations into the recent blaze expected to take months.