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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildland firefighters in a hotshot crew from near Klamath, Oregon, search the ruins of houses in a neighborhood where many homes ...

Stephen Helzer practices deploying his protective fire shelter during a training simulation at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado ...

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 ...

Santa Barbara–based firefighter Jorge Hurtado brings the world of wildland firefighting to life for kids with his Sparky the Brave Wildland Firefighter series. With two previous books about the ...

CHEYENNE—A $5.1 million investment that would create the first two ground-based professional wildland firefighting teams in Wyoming history is gaining momentum in the statehouse. On Monday, the ...