Two U.S. senators are pushing to consolidate the nation’s wildland firefighting force into a single agency. Republican Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana and Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of ...

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basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded.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

Calif., asked that federal seasonal firefighters be exempt from President Donald Trump's executive order implementing a ...

for not adopting policies he believes will reduce fire risk. Trump issued a similar hiring freeze when he first took office in 2017 but exempted wildland firefighters. Firefighters and their ...

Wildland firefighters forced off the job by cancer need Alberta’s UCP government to step up and make sure they’re properly and promptly compensated, says the opposition NDP. Peggy Wright ...

The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters. The freeze comes at a critical time, when fire ...

Seasonal wildland firefighters' orders were allegedly rescinded due to President Trump's federal hiring freeze. Following the worst fire season in California history, and with wildfire season ...

Wildland firefighters forced ... for an “inherently complex” type of firefighting that doesn’t fit neatly into categories. Alberta faces more and hotter wildfires, these days, which swoop into ...

Josh Shapiro announced Friday two crews of wildland firefighters have been deployed ... and reinforce "critical fire containment strategies to prevent further spread" of the flames.

I'm Bobbie Scopa a retired firefighter and fire chief. In my career I've worked for urban fire departments as well as federal wildland fire agencies. I've managed and directed many fires in the ...

Thanks to the Montana legislature, Frampton said wildland firefighters received higher wages and better benefits than in years past. “For our entry level fire wages, we offer a nationally pretty ...