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Northern Arizona high school students learn how to become wildland firefighters
KTVK 3TV Phoenix· 4 days agoA group of high school students meets in a classroom five times a week at Mountain Institute in...
AFR responds to two small Bosque fires near Central bridge
KRQE Albuquerque via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Fire Rescue firefighters acted quickly to extinguish two...
PSE has new tool to prevent wildfires caused by powerlines
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 3 days agoPuget Sound Energy has developed a new tool to mitigate the number of wildfires caused by powerlines...
How has wildland firefighting changed since the worst wildfire in New Mexico history?
Tribune via AOL· 5 days agoMay 5—Two years after the most destructive fire in New Mexico history, the U.S. Forest Service has changed the planning process for prescribed fires and created new training for fighting fires ...
AI: A Wildland Firefighter’s New Best Friend?
Government Technology· 4 days agoHuman perception has its limits against the unpredictability of a wildfire start. The matter is, for now, rhetorical, as AI is still very new to wildland...
Firefighter mental health a priority, wildfire service says
CBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAlex Lane's wildland firefighting career began in May 2015, and on her second day, Lane was called...
WATCH | Fallen West Virginia firefighter honored
WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia· 5 days agoForester and Wildland Firefighter Cody Mullens, 28, of the West Virginia Division of Forestry, was fighting a wildland fire in Fayette ...
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation honors two of West Virginia's own - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 6 days agoTwo fallen West Virginia firefighters will be honored this weekend in ceremonies in Maryland as a...
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Coeur d'Alene Press· 2 hours agoFirefighter and Shift Investigator Justin Torfin has tested for and earned the designation of FIT (Fire Investigation Technician) from the International...
'We're ready': It's almost fire season, here's how local wildland firefighters are preparing
KTNV Las Vegas· 1 day agoHiking in the hot desert can be hard. “It could be anywhere between three, five,10 miles depending on where we go," Jeremiah Hart, Engine Captain for the U.S. Forest Service, said. "A lot of ...
