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First woman smoke jumper tells her story in Kernville
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoOct. 28—The physical training was rigorous, fighting fires in remote wilderness was dangerous, and jumping out of perfectly good airplanes in the vicinity of burning forest and brush fires may ...
'Order from chaos': As wildfire behaviors change, these experts work behind the scenes
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThey call themselves the Wildland Fire Science Club. In their own words, they are “the technical...
'It's an American story': A retired Spokane educator tells the story of the 'Triple Nickles,' Black...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 18—Retired educator Robert L. "Bob" Bartlett watched earlier this month as the nation's focus was directed back to World War II and the Japanese bombing of America with balloons, and an ...
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...
Fire crews standing by
Lewiston Tribune, Idaho via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 10—GRANGEVILLE — Michael Blinn, program manager for the Grangeville Smokejumper Base, has witnessed some sensational wildfires in his 26 years as a firefighter for the Nez Perce-Clearwater ...
Labor shortage compounds federal firefighters' staffing woes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFirefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration's steps to raise pay but warn that the...
Helicopter pilot helping Alaska firefighters dies in crash
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA helicopter contracted to support firefighting efforts on an Interior Alaska blaze crashed after takeoff, killing the pilot, officials said Monday. The fatality was the first related to Alaska ...
The U.S. needs more wildland firefighters, but the federal government keeps losing them
Daily Montanan via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoBlack Butte is an inactive volcano that rises from the high desert in eastern Oregon. In May 2022, a...
FEATURE-US Labor Dept. speeds up firefighter health claims approvals
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoT he U.S. Labor Department has accepted nearly all processed claims for compensation from federal firefighters for diseases such as cancer since it began fast-tracking such applications last ...
