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 ...
From rappelling down helicopters to leading hotshot crews, these women are driving change in the male-dominated forest ...
Firefighters are comfortable saying the town of Meeker is safe from the Lee and Elk Fires, but they had to do some serious protection work to make sure more homes don't burn. The Lee Fire has already ...
Andrew Bozzo explains why the box approach to incident command at wildland urban interface fires ensures that saving lives and protecting property are the top priorities. The drawing and the command ...
On July 28, 1995, Joe Stear was working in the back of his welding shop, Kuna Machine Shop, on Kuna’s Main Street, when he saw a lightning strike in the middle of the desert south of town. Then he saw ...
The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Twelve Oklahoma National Guard members training in Arizona proved the Oklahoma National Guard’s wildland firefighting program is ready to respond to wildfires when they were called ...
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 ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — In order to become a wildland firefighter, you have to pass the pack test. This requires trainees walk three miles in less than 45 minutes while carrying a 45-pound pack. Mikaela ...
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