Wildfire activity is on the upswing in Colorado and across the U.S., and state firefighting and incident management agencies are stepping up their efforts to keep up with the changes. “In the past, ...

Discover Your Northwest has announced the inaugural Youth Wildland Fire Career Camp, a free, multi-day program designed to ...

I had a rewarding and successful wildland fire and fuels management career, and I feel the ultimate opportunity for giving back is in helping to develop the next generation of wildland fire and ...

For decades, federal firefighters have trudged and parachuted into wildfires with only “a bandana and a prayer,” as the saying goes, to protect them from inhaling dangerous toxins. Meanwhile, studies ...

The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they want to — something Washington’s state wildland firefighters have been able to ...

Adrienne Freeman, the Public Affairs Specialist for the United States Forest Service, joins Action News Now morning anchor ...

Neither the House nor the Senate included funding for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service in new spending bills. The Interior ...

Burk Minor, the executive director and co-founder of the Boise-based Wildland Firefighter Foundation, isn’t much for talking about himself. He’ll make public appearances on occasion, but the accolades ...

A firefighter moves hazard fuel while working on the Bear Gulch fire this summer. Many in the wildland fire community believe the leadership team managing the fire sent crews into an ambush by federal ...