Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials say a shortage of wildland firefighters is becoming a threat to public safety. There are many reasons for the shortage, ...
Dressed in their recognizable yellow and green uniforms, stained by dirt, sweat dripping down their brows and smoke burning their eyes and lungs, nearly 170 newly certified wildland firefighters ...
This story was originally posted by Stateline, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Federal wildland firefighter jobs in California are sitting open even as the West heads into what’s likely to ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With fire season basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded. Jenn McCarthy has worked as a ...
The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn’t act. The infrastructure law included $600 million to boost ...
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, ...
FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Wildland firefighters nationwide have increased their pay permanently. A new federal budget with input from Senator Kyrsten Sinema helped turn a temporary pay increase into ...
Heartland Alt. High students given opportunity to build skills for a career in wildland firefighting
SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- On a sunny weekday morning, along the quiet Kings River, Heartland High School students hopped out of a van, grabbed their gear, gloved up and adjusted their helmets to head ...
NEW YORK — Governor Kathy Hochul has announced New York’s Volunteer Firefighter Training Stipend program is being expanded to reimburse costs related to Basic Wildland Fire Suppression for ...
Jorge Hurtado has written two children's books about wildland firefighting and plans a whole series. Credit: Sheila Lockwood / Noozhawk photo Jorge Hurtado, a wildland firefighter and local author, ...
BOISE, Idaho – A 5k race celebrating wildland firefighters will take place at Ann Morrison Park on June 2. The race is being coordinated by Boise Fire, the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, the ...
A wildland firefighter is dead after completing a routine preparedness activity. U.S. Forest Service Wildland Firefighter Daniel Foley, 27, was assigned to Fremont-Winema National Forest, according to ...
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