A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national ...

The Department of the Interior employed 5,780 federal wildland fire personnel in 2024, while the US Forest Service employed over 11,300. Federal firefighters “respond to fires all over the ...

Certain fuels burn hotter and faster than others, a lesson quickly taught to new firefighters. “It lights up like gasoline” ...

At least 25 people have died. The threat of fire is growing, especially in zones known as the wildland-urban interface, or WUI. That’s where unoccupied wildland and human developments meet and mingle.

of the wildland fires we respond to are contained to five acres or less. This success is thanks to quick response times, effective training and cooperation among the local fire agencies.

CHEYENNE — A fire severely damaged Laramie County Fire Authority Station 74 on Saturday, destroying three wildland firefighting apparatus that were to be deployed to assist in fighting fires in ...

“If we’re cutting any positions, that’s a bad thing,” Alonzo said. “I mean, just to support the wildland fire efforts ...we need as many hands on deck as we can get right now.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With fire season basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded. Jenn McCarthy has worked as ...

An Idaho wildland firefighter that suffered a traumatic brain injury while fighting fire last year has reached a significant milestone on his journey to recover ...

Ashland resident Kevin P. Conley Jr., a wildland firefighter, is on a bike ride from Astoria to San Francisco, around 1,000 miles, to raise money and awareness for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, ...

“Based on feedback from wildland firefighter field trials, the new DropBlocks’ reduced size and weight better enables immediate deployment to support the initial attack of a wildfire, the time ...