“In too many cases, including in California, a slow and inadequate response to wildfires is a direct result of reckless ...

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 ...

Executive Director Burk Minor making a presentation. The Wildland Firefighter Foundation is a resource for comfort and stability for firefighters injured or killed in the line of duty.(Photo courtesy ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Lawyers for an Oregon wildland firefighter arrested by federal agents while on the job last month are going to court to demand his immediate release, arguing that his detention was an abuse of power.

After growing up in a Marine Corps family, Tiege Downes enlisted out of high school. As a Marine in a scout-sniper platoon, he deployed overseas and expected he’d go to college after his active-duty ...

Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours.