Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump ...

The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers ...

Westbound Highway 69 is closed near milepost 278, about a mile from Main Street, Dewey-Humboldt as of 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, ...

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basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded.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

Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was ...

Sheehy’s bill, if passed and signed into law, would require the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior to come up with a plan within 180 days to coordinate federal firefighting ...

The recent LA fires drove home how dangerous wildfires can be when they encroach on urban areas. So-called 'wildland-urban interface' fires are on the rise. However, building codes and standards have ...

Crews helped battle the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires, and now some worry a shortfall will weaken response capabilities ...

Federal firefighters are an essential part of the nation’s firefighting capability. The Department of the Interior employed 5,780 federal wildland fire personnel in 2024, while the US Forest ...

Montana's new U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy this week introduced a bill that aims to consolidate federal wildland firefighting resources, currently spread across several agencies, into one national ...