Deaths and close calls while fighting wildfires have strained an already on-edge workforce. They've also raised questions ...

Officials have confirmed that a firefighting helicopter crash occurred in Richfield Friday morning in the area of Widemouth 2 ...

Three federal wildland firefighters assigned to Rifle Helitack died after fire burned over their deployed shelters during initial attack on the Knowles Fire in Mesa County, Colorado. Two other crew ...

Wildland Fire Service Chief Brian Fennessy argued that firefighters, not land agencies, will decide when allowing a wildfire ...

Memorials are being held in the hometowns of three wildland firefighters who died while battling a fire on the Colorado-Utah border. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding their deaths are still ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could ...

Emily Barker, 38, originally of Clinton Township, will be remembered for her loving personality and wildland firefighting ...

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, ...