Thumbs up to the delivery of new firefighting equipment for the West Virginia Division of Forestry. In the wake of the ongoing drought, wildfires are becoming a major concern. Purchased over the last ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is testing what it says is the first respirator developed specifically for battling ...

Now would be a good time for Congress to pass a federal spending bill to make a permanent pay increase a reality.

So far this wildfire season, aerial firefighting activities have faced the persistent nuisance of 21 “public drone incursions ...

Police in Cedar City confirmed that two firefighters and another person who were injured in a fire Thursday afternoon have ...

You're a hotshot working to contain a wildfire. The conflagration jumps the fire line, forcing your crew to flee using pre-determined escape routes. At the start of the day, the crew boss estimated ...

Wildland firefighting crews have gained 65% containment of the Short Draw Fire in northeast Wyoming and southern Montana. But ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Elkind, a wildland firefighter based in Washington state who has traveled the country ...

Two bills are going through congress that would give low ranking wildland firefighters a 42% pay increase and top ranking ...

As provinces prepare for rough fire seasons to come, The Globe surveyed the state of their current personnel and equipment – ...

President Biden said his administration is working to increase wildland firefighter pay to $29/hr. A huge jump from the ...

"One of the fundamental questions in firefighter safety is mobility," commented Mickey Campbell from the University of Utah. ...