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 ...

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 wildland urban interface as well as public wildlands and ...

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basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded.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

Alaska rural fire departments have been awarded $306,292 in funding to improve firefighting capabilities. The grant will help ...

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 ...

The fire departments awarded may use the funds to purchase personal protective equipment, hoses, pumps, tools and other resources used to fight both structure and wildland fires. On the Kenai ...

Eagle County is at risk of experiencing a large-scale wildfire. “We’ve always been and we probably always will be,” said Hugh ...

The award was created by the NWCG to remember Paul Gleason’s contributions to the wildland fire service and as a pioneer in wildfire safety. The intent of this award is to recognize individuals ...

Even as I urged them to leave, from my home in the Mojave Desert, I was moved by a different compulsion: to get in my car, report to work and rush, via fire engine or helicopter, toward the fires. It ...

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 ...

With wildfires increasing in frequency and severity across Canada ? impacting our health, economies, communities and wildlife ? the Governments of Canada and New Brunswick are supporting Canadians ...