Feds warn of growing risk of fires in suburbs, exurbs ...Middle East

The Hill - News
Feds warn of growing risk of fires in suburbs, exurbs
The federal government is calling for American firefighters to get additional funding and an intensive training regimen to better prepare for a new era of climate-change fueled fires in the country’s growing suburbs and exurbs. The expanding fringe where cities merge into wildlands — the wildland-urban interface (WUI) — is becoming the frontline for deadly blazes, U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Director Lori Moore-Merrel warned this week. “In the last year, we lost nearly 2,500 lives to fire — including 276 children and 96 firefighters," she added. “It is important to note that 99 million people — or a third of the U.S. population — now live in the wildland urban interface envir

Hence then, the article about feds warn of growing risk of fires in suburbs exurbs was published today ( ) and is available on The Hill ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.

Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Feds warn of growing risk of fires in suburbs, exurbs )

Apple Storegoogle play

Last updated :

Also on site :