The need for well trained wildland firefighters has never been more critical as experts warn of widespread fires this summer.

Lee County has enacted a burn ban for unincorporated Lee County and municipalities effective immediately due to increasingly dry conditions throughout Southwest Florida. The county’s ordinance bans ...

National, state and local agencies came to the Button Rock Mountain area Thursday as part of multi-week wildland fire training with the use of helicopters, a fixed-wing plane and on-the-ground ...

April 15, Lee County enacted a burn ban for unincorporated Lee and municipalities due to increasingly dry conditions ...

Man tries to set fire to a petrol station, is sentenced to four years in prison This is the moment a man attempted to release fuel from the pumps while repeatedly trying to ignite a lighter. Rory ...

A man attempted to set fire to his block of flats and a chip shop with petrol canisters. Paul Smith, 42, tried to start the blazes in Paisley on the morning of September 2, 2024. Smith initially ...

This home at 2602 Eagle Ridge Road on is one of the homes completely burned in the fire, which started near Lyons July 30.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer) Residents can sign up for an event to ...

A wildland fire burns south of Bar Nunn on 4/8/25 (Courtesy Leighton Burgen, Natrona County Fire Protection District) CASPER, Wyo. — The following is an update from Natrona County Fire District ...

Fire officials react to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s new Wildland Fire Response Working Group ... Lotus' Spoof ‘Completely Valid': ‘Parody Can Go Too Far Sometimes' One Tech Tip: Getting a lot of ...

HAS FIRED MORE EMPLOYEES. ABBY AND JESS GOVERNOR STITT TOLD KOCO TODAY, 2 TO 4 MORE EMPLOYEES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY HAVE BEEN FIRED, AND NOW HE’S LOOKING TO CHANGE THINGS, CREATING A ...

Using state money set aside to match federal dollars ... (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) “Making sure that we’re ready to go” Bird and McCluskie said the bill wasn’t proposed ...