LA Fires

New Series Out Now: DANGER IN PLAIN SIGHT

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First Episodes Out Now   Check out our new series, DANGER IN PLAIN SIGHT, about firefighters’ perspectives on wildfire hazards in Los Angeles. The series follows The Lookout Director Zeke Lunder, California Prescribed Fire Burn Boss and Pyrogeographer, on a journey from Altadena to Palisades alongside some of his most seasoned fire expert friends (see … Read more

The Impossibility of Urban Wildfire Mitigation

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When homes are densely packed in alignment with the direction of strong fire-season winds, it is nearly almost impossible to cut enough brush to make the homes defensible. Fire burns from house to house, no longer a ‘brush fire’, rather it is referred to as an ‘urban conflagration’ or simply a ‘conflagration’. Wind-driven brush fires … Read more