In 2011, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) approached the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s First Responders Group (FRG) ...

Wilson Township Fire Rescue, Alpena, MI, took delivery of a Darley 1,500-gpm Wildland Attack/Structural Protection (WASP). Wilson Township Fire Rescue, Alpena, MI, took delivery of a Darley 1,500-gpm ...

California is excited to announce its membership in the Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement. The NW Compact was created in 1998 and is one of eight forest fire fighting Compacts currently ...

Wildland firefighters are willing to wear respirators and other protective breathing equipment despite concerns the devices could hinder their ability to fight fires safely, according to new research ...

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, ...

The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...

California joins a regional group that will share resources to combat increasingly severe wildfires. Hotter temperatures and shifting weather patterns have intensified wildfire risk across the state; ...

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 Department of the Interior has opened applications for the first-ever Director of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, a newly created role that will oversee and coordinate the nation’s wildland fire ...