A 2020 designation of the county Haz-Mat Team as the county fire department is now causing concerns about possible higher insurance costs in the unincorporated county. Another concern is the ability ...

Firefighters in McMinn County, Tenn., try to recruit volunteers. Firefighter volunteering has been declining for years, hitting a new all-time low in 2020. Fire stations now do all kinds of work, ...

Embers drifting in from another big fire – not downed power lines – ignited out-of-control flames in the Santiam Canyon that killed five people, burned hundreds of thousands of acres and destroyed ...

A fire behavior scientist who was at the front lines of the deadly 2020 Santiam Canyon Fire is challenging the conclusions of a recently released report by the Oregon Department of Forestry. The ...