Fireline probes the causes and consequences of the increasingly devastating wildfires burning in the U.S. It taps into the experience of firefighters, tribal land managers, climate scientists and others to understand how we got here and where we're going. Fireline is a six part series about what wildfire means for the West, planet and our way of life.
Tens of millions of people across the West are facing the reality of life in a flammable landscape. When we hear about…
The Wildland Urban Interface, or WUI, is where forest and homes meet. It's the fastest growing land use type in the nation,…
There are more than 30,000 people who fight wildfires in the U.S, and about 400 firefighters have died on the job over the…
For millennia, wildfire was part of life in North America. Indigenous people used it for tradition and ceremony, to improve…
The connection between humans and fire goes back millions of years. What started with campfires and cooking grew into a…
In 1910, a wildfire the size of Connecticut engulfed parts of Montana, Idaho and Washington. Ed Pulaski and his crew were…
Episode 1: Suppressed
When Lily Clarke arrived at the August Complex Fire, it was a fire of sensational size. The blaze…