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 ... we cannot afford to diminish the tools at our disposal to fight these fires ...

Many wildland firefighters who recently accepted job offers took to the internet to ask whether the offer will now be revoked. “As part of this freeze, no Federal civilian position that is ...

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 wildl ...

Weeks after the devastating California wildfires, wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump's federal hiring ...

Seasonal wildland firefighters' orders were allegedly rescinded ... we cannot afford to diminish the tools at our disposal to fight these fires." According to the ABC 7 report, the National ...

MISSOULA — Wildland and City of Missoula fire crews are serving the community in a different way for the 13th year by raising money for charity through their Fire on Ice hockey games.

One area of concern is how the hiring freeze could impact the federal government’s ability to hire and support its seasonal wildland firefighting workforce. “If you’re saying no to the ...

“It’s going to be really bad, really quick,” said Ben McLane, a federal hand crew captain and board member with Grassroots Wildland Firefighters. “We’re going to have a lack of personnel ...

Weeks after the devastating California wildfires, wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen because of President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 federal ...