The Wildland Fire Service also stops short of folding in wildland fire personnel or programs from the USDA’s Forest Service.

Who in the world would knowingly choose a career that offers hours and hours or days and days of strenuous physical labor, limited clean air, no access to large-diameter hoselines, occasional ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Fire Department Air Tactical Unit (ATU) completed a training course this week enhancing its wildland firefighting and rescue capabilities. According to fire ...

Wildland firefighters are willing to wear respirators and other protective breathing equipment despite concerns the devices could hinder their ability to fight fires safely, according to new research ...

The Woodland Township Board of Directors approved the $590,000 purchase of a new fire truck that will aid the department in tackling wildfires in the densely forested community. Woodlands Fire Chief ...

Sep. 5—As the U.S. Forest Service makes cuts that threaten to hobble federal firefighting capabilities, California is entering into a pact with other western states and parts of Canada to beef up ...

Local fire suppression organizations have until July 1 to apply for a Department of Natural Resources grant program for suppressing forest and wildland fires. This program provides funding on a 50 ...