At the end of June, the deaths of three firefighters near the Colorado-Utah border put Trump’s new Wildland Fire Service into ...

On top of the dangers of fighting fires, research has connected wildland firefighting to serious diseases like lung cancer.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, along with the Department of the Interior, are adding new protections ...

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 ...

Firefighters will now be able to use N95 masks on the fireline – building on a more limited, voluntary rollout of masking ...

The deaths of three firefighters in Colorado are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration's creation of a new federal ...

Wildland firefighters use a variety of longstanding safety measures to assess risk while working in increasingly dangerous ...

Low morale, staffing woes and health worries are among the top issues shared by hundreds of federal wildland firefighters who ...

The U.S. Forest Service is introducing N95 masks and new decontamination protocols to protect wildland firefighters.

Wildland firefighters face extreme conditions. For those who identify as LGBTQ, there are challenges beyond the fireline.

A collision of risky conditions have made things harder as summer begins. But before these elements aligned, the pressure on ...

Wildfire fighting is about more than flames and aircraft. Here's what to know about wind, lightning, fire retardant and the ...