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Wildland firefighters call on Ontario to acknowledge risks linked to toxin exposure
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNoah Freedman has recently been reviewing the forest firefighter training manual to prepare himself...
Wildland firefighters' respiratory health to be studied by UBC
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAfter more than a decade of combating smoky wildfires in British Columbia, Kyler Gaulin says being...
Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGLOBAL WARNING : Many of the 19,000 wildland firefighters employed by the US government earn less...
Ventura Training Center transforms parolees into professional firefighters
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn a sunny Thursday morning, a group of firefighters-in-training run through drills: They wear...
Becoming a wildland firefighter: Students train for their first wildfire season
The Register-Guard via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWith smoke burning their eyes and lungs, and the heat from the sun and flaming piles of brush...
Applications open for Women in Wildland Fire boot camp in Coconino National Forest
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen interested in learning more about a career in wildland fire can apply to join the U.S. Forest...
The U.S. needs more wildland firefighters, but the federal government keeps losing them
Daily Montanan via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBlack Butte is an inactive volcano that rises from the high desert in eastern Oregon. In May 2022, a...
Hellish fires, low pay, trauma: California's Forest Service firefighters face a morale crisis
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMembers of a hotshot crew hike up the mountain while battling the Caldor fire in South Lake Tahoe on...
Grizzly Bears Force Canadian Wildland Firefighters to Pack Up Camp and Relocate
Outdoor Life via Yahoo News· 9 months agoResidents of the camp captured this photo of one of the problem bears. Approximately 160 wildland...
CSFD crews begin wildland drill training
KXRM Colorado Springs via Yahoo News· 1 month ago(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Fire trucks and crews will be visible throughout the month of April in the Skyway neighborhood. However, sirens will not be...
