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

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

While Mikaela Balkind was working on her degree at the University of Washington in 2018, she was looking for a way to bridge her two interests in natural resource management and climate science. So ...

After a week marked by tragedy, the Grand Haven community came together Saturday to celebrate a tradition more than a century ...