REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon is home to one of seven US Forest Service bases in the country—where smokejumpers convene and set out to be the first line of defense against wildfires. A ...

Big wildfires like the York fire in California and the blaze in Lahaina, Hawaii, have been big news stories recently. But there are many more fires that never make the headlines, and that's sometimes ...

Wildland firefighter Tim Hart, who was injured on May 24 while fighting a fire in New Mexico, has died from his injuries, the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday. Hart was flown by air ambulance to a ...

ELENA, Mont. — Smokejumpers, the firefighting elite who parachute to remote forest blazes and fight them, head for New Jersey this week to battle an insect the New York City parks commissioner has ...

"We were smokejumpers, and if we can come out here and we can work for the Forest Service for a couple of weeks and get some satisfaction out of it and renew old ties … ." Breyfogle said his first ...