NEWS
How Drones Are Helping Fight Fires
05.25.2022
Drone technology is changing the game for firefighters in high-risk areas like California. These aren’t the small, photo-taking drones you’ve seen people use for leisure at the beach or the park, either. The drones that are helping firefighting efforts are a whole new breed designed specifically to help save homes … Read more
Why Do Wildfires Happen in California?
05.15.2022
The wildfires that are widespread and damaging enough to make the national news often take place in California. In 2020 — the state’s worst wildfire season on record — 4,092,151 acres burned, accounting for 4.10% of the large state’s total area. Many homes and commercial buildings, wildlife habitats and ecosystems, … Read more
If you’ve caught any wildfire news over the past couple of years, you’ll have noticed that fires are burning more intensely and for longer these days. Take the Cameron Peak Fire in Colorado in 2020, for instance. It raged on from August to December as scores of firefighters struggled to … Read more
Unfortunately, the recent trend of regular, devastating wildfires isn’t going anywhere. According to the latest scientific evidence, they’re a problem that’s only going to get worse as time goes on. The UN Environment Program (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal, an environmental education nonprofit, released a report together earlier this year on the … Read more
Clayton, MO 23 March 2022 – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality firefighting products and lubricant additives, announced today that it is partnering with Ember Defense, an all-inclusive home-hardening provider and one of the leading wildfire preparedness companies in the country, to professionally treat properties with PHOS-CHEK® FORTIFY®, an … Read more
This winter season was quite the roller coaster with promising storms hammering the west coast in October and then December. Tahoe saw snow records nearly broken with more than three feet falling over December 26 and 27, 2021. Rain in the Bay Area saw an average of six to seven … Read more