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 ...

CHEYENNE — A fire severely damaged Laramie County Fire Authority Station 74 on Saturday, destroying three wildland firefighting apparatus that were to be deployed to assist in fighting fires in ...

Luke Mayfield, a former federal lands firefighter, and president of the Grassroots Wildland Firefighters says his organization is hearing from concerned firefighters. As federal firefighting crews ...

ASTORIA Ore. (KPTV) - On Wednesday morning, Oregon-based wildland firefighter, Kevin P. Conley Jr. will be riding his bicycle from Astoria to Northern California to raise money for the Wildland ...

As part of her executive budget proposal, Governor Katie Hobbs is proposing a significant increase in the state’s wildland firefighter pay and a one-time payment for fire suppression.

When Oregon wildland firefighter Kevin Conley heard about the wildfires in Los Angeles, he wanted to do something to help. Conley is currently riding his bike from Astoria to Northern California ...

“Based on feedback from wildland firefighter field trials, the new DropBlocks’ reduced size and weight better enables immediate deployment to support the initial attack of a wildfire, the time ...

Federal firefighters are an essential part of the nation’s firefighting capability. The Department of the Interior employed 5,780 federal wildland fire personnel in 2024, while the US Forest ...

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 ...

"You get called up for an assignment is what it's called, and off we go." A wildland firefighter EMT whose day job is an EMT at an Indiana hospital, Cummings has battled nearly 100 wildfires ...

The family of a woman killed in a hit-and-run while on a run in New River is honoring her memory by hosting a 5K. Footprint Center was filled with joy and celebration on Friday night before the ...