09.08.10 - A new video shows how NASA maps pine beetle
outbreaks, and what impact the beetle damage might have on
forest fires. 09.07.10 - In the midst of a difficult fire season
in many parts of the world, the United Nations' (UN) Food and
Agriculture Organization has launched a new online fire
detection system that will help firefighters and natural hazards
managers improve response time and resource management. 09.02.10
- Though obscured by clouds, NASA's Terra satellite was able to
see smoke coming from an oil platform that caught fire Sept. 2,
2010. 08.13.10 - The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite
detected two clusters of intense fires when it acquired a photo-
like image. 10.01.09 - NASA and the U.S. Forest Service again
partnered to obtain visible light, infrared and thermal imagery
of California wildfires in response to July 2008 requests from
the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and the
National Interagency Fire Cent