Creating international testing standards for large outdoor fires
Large-scale fire events are on the rise, from the flames that raged for days across LA, to the widespread devastation seen in ...
In One Ear: Regaining peace
Ashland resident Kevin P. Conley Jr., a wildland firefighter, is on a bike ride from Astoria to San Francisco, around 1,000 miles, to raise money and awareness for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, ...
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A Day to Remember: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s rendezvous with the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
The Alaska Conservation Foundation invited former President Jimmy Carter to Anchorage for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of ...
Texas is at much greater risk of wildlife than you might think. An expert tells us why.
And according to Moorehead, that’s the biggest problem facing Texas right now: the state’s “wildland urban interface” (WUI) ...
These maps show where US fire danger is the highest this spring. It might not be where you think
“Most precipitation will fall in the Far West, Southwest, Rockies, and eastern U.S., especially Tennessee and surrounding ...
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ADHD: A Fire Service Handicap or Superpower?
Are firefighters perhaps especially prone to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Beth Flaherty takes a closer ...
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Merced Fire Captain runs into son while assisting on LA wildfires
Merced Fire Captain Bryan Akers, 45, has been with the Merced City Fire Department for 22 years. But it was during his deployment on Jan. 8 to assist with the firefighting efforts at the Hurst Fire ...
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Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it's the best job behind bars.
The Marshall Project spotlights some of the incarcerated firefighters doing one of the riskiest, lowest-paying, but ...
Firefighter Hiring Stalls at Federal Agencies After Trump’s Freeze
Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was ...