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FIRE

Avoid costly surprises by reviewing insurance policies before disaster strikes

If Jay Caffey could offer some advice to homeowners, it would be to know and trust your insurance agent. Caffey and his wife, Brooke, lost their home of 25 years in the Pecan Hill neighborhood in the March 2025 wildfire in Stillwater.
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Avoid costly surprises by reviewing insurance policies before disaster strikes

Fri, Apr 17, 2026

OSU Extension educators end 2025 with purpose

Tue, Apr 7, 2026

Fire science program sparks expansion to Okmulgee

Wed, Aug 20, 2025

Prescribed fire workshop and field day to focus on tribal land

Mon, Apr 7, 2025

Gather paperwork and take video before disaster strikes
Up in Smoke

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

OSU Extension restores native lands through prescribed burns

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Spontaneous combustion a possibility with wet hay

Fri, Sep 4, 2020

Excessive moisture is actually the most common cause of fire in hay bales and stacks.

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Safe water, food and medicine important after wildfire

Fri, Apr 3, 2020

Safe water, food and medications are important following a wildfire.

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Follow good management practices following wildfires

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

Land management strategies help landowners recover after a wildfire.

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Oklahoma Mesonet’s ‘OK-FIRE’ services invaluable, easy to use and readily accessible

Fri, Mar 29, 2019

A system of 120 stations with at least one in every county, the network was designed and implemented by cooperating scientists at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma.

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Wu named Outstanding Emerging Scholar

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Tristan Wu, assistant professor of fire and emergency management administration at Oklahoma State University, was named a 2018 Outstanding Emerging Scholar by the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) in San Antonio, Texas.

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Fall 2018 OK-FIRE training workshops announced

Fri, Oct 5, 2018

Four new workshops will take place this fall to help users learn the intricacies of using the OK-FIRE website.

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OSU Alumna to Head National Fire Academy

Tue, May 1, 2018

Tonya Hoover, an Oklahoma State University Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology graduate, has been named the new superintendent of the National Fire Academy

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OSU to host Summer Fire Field Day in Stillwater

Wed, Apr 11, 2018

Prescribed burning during the summer months is just as, if not more, effective than the traditional spring burns. To help people understand growing season burns, Oklahoma State University's Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management is

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A special hero: Boxer saves family from house fire

Thu, Mar 1, 2007

Heroes come from all walks of life — some are in the military, some are teachers, and some are just the neighbors next door. However, this particular hero is extra special — she's a 3-year-old boxer named Lacy who saved her family's life.

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