Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Custer County Fire, Montana DNRC and BLM have partnered up to host a basic wildland fire class ...

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - Firefighters from East Texas and other states gathered in Kilgore today to complete a course teaching them the basics of wildland firefighting. Participants learned about the ...

Firefighters have plenty of ways to battle the spread of flames, but some first responders have a different approach to wildfire response. A smokejumper is a unique type of wildland firefighter ...

SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- On a sunny weekday morning, along the quiet Kings River, Heartland High School students hopped out of a van, grabbed their gear, gloved up and adjusted their helmets to head ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Over 100 firefighters from 12 fire agencies across El Paso and Teller counties gathered to conduct a fire training field day on Saturday, March 7, to certify over 60 new wildland ...

The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...

U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Jan. 12 signed an order establishing the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, a unification of programs previously part of six DOI agencies and offices.

As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much-needed break. But for many of them, ...