Fighting fire with fire seems more like a movie plot than a plan to manage a wildland fire, but despite it being ...

Firefighters on a wildfire blaze are often required to spend shifts of 14 to 16 hours a day hiking through steep terrain, clearing the fireline of flammable vegetation and extinguishing smoldering ...

Kris Blume explains why small fire departments often pioneer innovation in the fire service because their size allows them to ...

SHOSHONE, Idaho — In an effort to reduce human-caused fires in southern Idaho, fire officials will implement Stage 1 fire restrictions by midnight on Thursday, July 31. The move comes during the ...

Hot and dry conditions are adding challenges to firefighters who also are battling four other large areas in Washington.

EU researchers, firefighters and communities are pioneering innovative, collaborative approaches to build landscapes able to ...

A single home stands untouched amid the devastation of one of southern Utah's most destructive wildfires in more than a ...

The Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base in Riverside County will be used as the nearest fire-retardant reloading facility. A temporary ...

Lucas Phipps, the University of Nevada, Reno’s, new assistant professor of rangeland ecology and management, has extended his research into Elko County.

Killed were Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood, 42, and Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison, 52. Coeur d’Alene Fire Engineer David Tysdal, 47, was ...

"We want to know not just where catastrophic fires are likely to occur, but which fires will generate the most smoke." ...