With no public input at the Grant County Commission work session on Jan. 7, 2025, County Manger Charlene Webb said two items on the agenda would take place in February, rather than at this meeting.

In my career I've worked for urban fire departments as well as federal wildland fire agencies. I've managed and directed many fires in the wildland urban interface as well as public wildlands and ...

CHEYENNE — A fire severely damaged Laramie County Fire Authority Station 74 on Saturday, destroying three wildland firefighting apparatus that were to be deployed to assist in fighting fires in ...

CHEYENNE — A fire severely damaged Laramie County Fire Authority Station 74 on Saturday, destroying three wildland firefighting apparatus that were to be deployed to assist in fighting fires in ...

One area of concern is how the hiring freeze could impact the federal government’s ability to hire and support its seasonal wildland firefighting ... join a bargaining unit, according to OPM ...

and reinforce "critical fire containment strategies to prevent further spread" of the flames. Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Friday two crews of wildland firefighters have been deployed to California ...

the city’s fire chief, Kristin M. Crowley, identified “one significant area of weakness” in her department’s ability to contain wildfires. L.A. had no specialized wildland unit to respond ...

SALEM, Ore. — As the snowpack builds in the Cascades this winter, Oregon is still reeling from the aftermath of this year's record-breaking wildland fire season. The state has approved new ...

Oregon is paying its bills after a record-setting wildfire season. The Oregon Department of Forestry had processed $88 million in payments to wildland fire vendors two weeks after the Oregon ...

Working in wildland firefighting is an unpredictable and often emotionally challenging job. Wildland firefighters work in tight-knit crews that depend on one another for physical safety ...