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Wildland Firefighters Will Face Massive Pay Cuts Unless Congress Intervenes
Outside via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis article originally appeared on Outside On November 17, the U.S. Government will shut down,...
Despite mild fire season forecast, agencies tell Oregon leaders they need to invest in workforce
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoOregon is likely to face fewer big wildfires this summer than in previous years, but a lack of rural...
Wildland firefighters' respiratory health to be studied by UBC
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 months 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· 3 months agoGLOBAL WARNING : Many of the 19,000 wildland firefighters employed by the US government earn less...
Meet the firefighter from Sandwich who fought Canadian wildfires this summer
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen Sandwich firefighter Nicole Madden, 29, arrived in northwestern Quebec in June to help fight...
Opinion: This wildfire season, here's another terrifying threat to worry about
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA firefighter who works for the U.S. Forest Service battles the 2020 Silverado fire in Irvine. (Jae...
AUM student spends two weeks battling wildfire
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAuburn University Montgomery senior HeavenLee Pagan’s introduction to firefighting included dry lightning, light snow and a sun that appeared red. In...
2 Ventura County Fire Department supervisors disciplined over training incident
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTwo supervisors in the Ventura County Fire Department were disciplined — and one has since resigned...
Ford Donates Custom Bronco Wildfire Command Rig to National Park Service
THE DRIVE via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFord Wildland Firefighting Command Rig Hero Ford has a history of creating, commissioning, or...
Almost 100 firefighters respond to brush fire near Hancock during heat advisory
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHANCOCK — Almost 100 firefighters from three states responded to a large brush fire southeast of...