CARSON CITY, Nev. — Twenty-eight northern and southern Nevada Soldiers completed certification as type 2 wildland firefighters in August 2024, a crucial step in enhancing the region’s firefighting ...

As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much-needed break. But for many of them, ...

The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...

An executive order signed earlier this month by President Donald Trump would look to “consolidate” five federal wildland fire agencies into one. The U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Stephen Helzer practices deploying his protective fire shelter during a training simulation at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado ...

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basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded.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 a ...

Women in the federal wildland firefighting corps are organizing so they don't have to give up their often arduous, itinerant jobs when they have kids, and can continue climbing their chosen career ...

Santa Barbara–based firefighter Jorge Hurtado brings the world of wildland firefighting to life for kids with his Sparky the Brave Wildland Firefighter series. With two previous books about the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wildland fire season is already starting, and fire crews are getting trained up. Thursday, the ...

As we watch the fires burn our neighbors’ homes in southern California, we have to keep in mind that the fires are not burning because of an inadequate water supply or a particular fire chief or ...