A study shows fuel aridity as the main cause of wildfire severity in Canada, with climate change worsening conditions.

With climate change bringing larger, more frequent and more destructive fires, resource advisors are needed to guide firefighters in areas where large wildfires have been uncommon, including ...

Federal wildland firefighters could lose their long battle for higher pay if Congress fails to avert a government shutdown.

The fight for better wildland firefighter pay continues into the last week of the 2024 legislative session on Capitol Hill, as advocates race to push through a permanent pay bump before the fiscal ...

After Montrose appeared on the Hotshot Wake Up ... really fast," he said. Male wildland firefighters interested in participating can contact Montrose and Lipsey at [email protected] ...

“Its initial attack, which the Forest Service recognizes as the best opportunity to control a wildland fire ... they needed ground firefighters to contain it. Two elite hotshot firefighting ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters came back from 12 points down in the fourth quarter and squeaked past the Magnolia Hotshots, 102-100, in their PBA Commissioner’s Cup ...

A 42-year-old father apparently shot his wife and their four children before shooting himself in their West Valley City home, killing all but a 17-year-old son, police said. The 17-year-old ...

In recent years, knowledge about the long-term health risks of wildland firefighting has been growing. Now, a new paper – published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene – paints a ...

Among those impacted are retirees who at one time worked as firefighters, teachers, postal worker, a police officer, or in other public sector jobs. A provision that limits the benefits allotted ...

More than 60 firefighters arrived at the site after the roof of a recreational building caught light just before midday. A total of eight fire engines from Kentish Town, West Hampstead ...