As 2025 began, the world watched the devastating fires in southern California. The fires spread rapidly over chaparral-covered hillsides under extremely dry conditions and Santa Ana winds. Thousands ...

In an email to KATU News on Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management said seasonal firefighters are exempt from the ...

Oregon could have far fewer firefighters ready to battle blazes on federal lands next fire season — and may do less advance ...

Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump's federal hiring freeze.

Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump's federal hiring freeze.

James Bartels was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sparking 26 fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors announced on Monday.

Are firefighters perhaps especially prone to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Beth Flaherty takes a closer ...

Current and former employees say public safety agencies are still freezing hiring they claim to have exempted and liken the ...

Schiff’s letter to multiple U.S. agencies comes after NBC News reported that federal firefighters were not considered exempt from the hiring freeze.

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

According to the bill and Sen. Sheehy's office, the consolidated firefighting agency, housed under the Department of the ...