Disasters

Dry conditions prompt change to U.S. Forest Service fire management policy
The U.S. Forest Service has issued a directive to urge fire managers to move more quickly to extinguish wildfires this season. The agency's usual policy is to let many small fires burn themselves out.
The U.S. Forest Service is at least temporarily suspending a policy of letting fires burn in the national forest system in hopes of saving resources spent on fighting infernos that start small and grow out of control.
How will the drought impact the American economy?
Some experts compare this year's drought to that of the Dust Bowl. Consumers are seeing rising food prices, but what will the drought do to other economies in the United States? Why is the drought one of the worst the U.S. has experienced?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared a major disaster for three northwestern Wisconsin counties due to flood damage in June.
Verso Paper billed $350K for mill fire
Verso Paper has been billed $350,000 by fire departments who responded to an explosion and fire at its mill in Sartell.
City officials in Virginia will decide whether it's time to replace an aging warning siren system after seven of the nine units failed to sound during a recent test.