Today we are starting our seventh year of Wildfire Today. Since we began on January 6, 2008 we have published 4,657 articles. We are still covering news and issues related to wildland fire. And not simply that a fire occurred somewhere, but we prefer to write about topics and events that are interesting — not only to firefighters but to anyone with an interest in wildland fire, or who may live in a fire-prone environment. We don’t attempt to cover every fire, or even every very large fire, but if an event or news item interests us, we hope that you will find it to be worth your while.
In 2013 the three articles that were commented on the most were about the first Yarnell Hill Fire report (215 comments), the Rim Fire at Yosemite National Park (112 comments), and the second report on the Yarnell Hill Fire (103 comments).
As we enter our year number seven and the 2014 calendar year, we want to thank our loyal readers, folks who send us news tips, and our supporters, BFX Fire Apparatus, Coaxsher, and TENAX.
Happy 7th Bill! The information you provide is always cutting edge and up to date. No matter where I am, I know I can log on and find out great fire info. fast, and keep up to date on what is going on in the fire world (things change so fast!). Up to date news, combined with great photography.
Keep up the good work. Over four thousand articles in seven years is a lot of activity!
Thanks for the kind words, Greg, Johnny, Jim, Trish, J. Stout, B. Mrgan, and Linda.
Thanks Bill, for the great work. From a former Wind Cave fire fighter.
A job well done. Educational, informative, interactive, contemporary, a true service to the public and fire professionals. Best wishes for the next seven years.
Congrats Bill – Keep up the good work on this and its sister site, Fire Aviation 🙂
Mr. Gabbert:
I will be happy to repeat here what I spoke to you about on an earlier occasion:
My compliments to you on your website and how professionally it is managed. Particularly when it comes to the “Comments” section. Not an easy task I am sure. But Wildfire Today seems to be able to maintain a very high level of open discussion on a daily basis. That is somewhat of a rare event in this type of arena, one which I feel deserves some recognition. Because, as a reader, I do welcome and appreciate the opportunity to see a forum that offers informative, productive and beneficial commentary. One where differences of opinion (disagreements just like B. Morgan speaks about in one of the above-listed posts!) are consistently approached/conducted in a mature, reasonable and mutually respectful fashion. Plainly put, Wildfire Today seems to have succeeded here where other websites have not.
Well done, Sir.
I am looking forward to many more years. Keep up the good work.
Bill your site has come a long way in the last six years, and I think you have done an excellent job with it. By far I feel it is one of the best on wildland fire issues. Keep up the standard you have created and thanks! Mark
Bill,
This site is informative, factual, interesting, professional and honest in that you tell it like it is, and call people and organizations idiot’s when they deserve it. I don’t always agree with everything you say or post but that’s what a free press is all about. Keep up the good work.
B.Morgan
Congratulations! I’ve been enjoying reading Wildfire Today for a year now, and often share posts with friends interested in my former career.