After asserting for years that firefighters cannot do their jobs while wearing protective masks, the U.S. Forest Service will ...

The policy change comes after a series in The New York Times that included a story about an Oregon firefighter who got sick with cancer at 24.

The federal government will now allow its firefighters to mask up — upending a decades-long policy that had left them exposed to toxic flurries of illness-inducing wildfire smoke. The U.S. Forest ...

Firefighters are working to prevent further losses of ancient sequoia trees in California as the Garnet Fire continues to ...

The Shasta-Trinity National Forest has issued a Fire Closure Order effective until January 31, 2026. The order restricts ...

A former wildland firefighter told Kentucky lawmakers Wednesday that firefighters the state dispatches to control wildfires ...

Containment has jumped to 57% as 1,242 personnel make significant progress on the Dillon Fire, last reported to be burning 11 ...

On Sunday night and into Monday morning, when the north side of the 55,000-acre blaze in the mountains east of Fresno ...

Evacuation orders and warnings at the Root Fire and surrounding areas were lifted this week as firefighters made progress ...

Fire crews are making progress on several wildfires burning across the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, though some ...

"I saw very little issues with all the large giant sequoias, and everything's looking really good in there," said Chad Costa, ...

Three new fires on the Beckwourth Ranger District were contained, raising the total to 42 fires since August 24, with 40 ...