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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The Flint Gap Fire, which is estimated to be 58 acres in size, is now 50% contained, according to the Great Smoky Mountains ...

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

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

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

Captains Robbie Bennett, Louis Menghini, and firefighter paramedic Jeffrie O’Neill of Helena Fire Department left for a ...

At least 8 firefighters were injured ... OCFA crew's main duties include performing hazardous fuels reduction projects and ...