After decades in Fairbanks and even a few close calls in wildfire country, it wasn’t until my son joined the North Star fire ...

The new concept brings two, Type-1 firefighting helicopters to the Rocky Mountain Region to be pre-positioned where fire ...

A Tooele County fire department will receive a fire truck that can hold more water, a big need as wildfires continue to burn across the state.

Starting in July, a team of two large SkyCrane helicopters, based out of the Jeffco Airtanker Base in Broomfield, Colorado, ...

Southern California has experienced below-average precipitation this year, less than 70% of the typical average in most areas ...

The Arctic is undergoing profound environmental shifts, marked by unprecedented warming and ecosystem changes. A critical ...

As of June 1, the Forest Service has hired 96 percent of its 11,300-firefighter hiring target, with full staffing anticipated by mid-July. This is ahead of where the agency has been in previous years.

Ruiz-Temple said the easiest thing Oregonians can do to protect their home from a wildfire is to create a 5-foot buffer space ...

A new Colorado law aims to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires by providing financial protection for trained and ...

Kelly Ramsey’s first year as a hotshot wildland firefighter in California broke all kinds of records. In 2020, California was an inferno. Ten-thousand fires broke out across the state and turned more ...

June 22, 2025 - Washington, D.C. - On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the following: Today, the National Multi-Agency Coordination Group (NMAC), composed of wildland fire ...

More than a dozen local police, fire, EMS and emergency management agencies participated in a three-day federally funded active shooter training in Clark County June 22, 2025 08:00 AM ...