Wildland firefighters need lighter ... That means examining every aspect of the clothing, down to the microscopic fibers. With new fabric blends emerging for structure turnout gear, the latest ...

Volunteer firefighters in New York can now receive $250 stipends for wildland fire training amid rising wildfire incidents.

Dressed in their recognizable yellow and green uniforms, stained by dirt, sweat dripping down their brows and smoke burning their eyes and lungs, nearly 170 newly certified wildland firefighters ...

Sarah Jakober is a U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter who serves on the Grande Ronde Rappel Crew based in La Grande, Oregon. In her Brief But Spectacular take, she offers a window into a day ...

Training wildland firefighters| Grass lands| Urban wildfire risk | Investing in high-risk areas (coming soon) Rebuilding or not (coming soon) | Wildfire forecast (coming soon) PRESCOTT — A ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Elkind, a wildland firefighter based in Washington state who has traveled the country fighting fires for 17 years, about what it's like at the frontlines of wildfires.

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Wildland firefighters nationwide have increased their pay permanently. A new federal budget with input from Senator Kyrsten Sinema helped turn a temporary pay increase ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With fire season basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded. Jenn McCarthy has worked as ...

Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump, but many worry that mass federal worker firings will leave the nation more ...