Participants learned about the specifics of wildland firefighting as well ... what’s pushing the fire, the topography that we’re going to be dealing with.” Many of the participants are ...

Wildland-urban interface maps also establish ... It includes various factors, such as topography, vegetation, past fire history, wind, and what’s known as "ember casting," where flying embers ...

The forecast for a hotter-than-normal summer has Westerners on edge, especially with up to a quarter of all U.S. federal wildland firefighter jobs currently unfilled. Summer fire season is almost ...

The Memorial Day fire is less than a half acre and is burning in a conifer forest about three-quarters of a mile from the ...

When I was 18, I took a job fighting wildland fire to help pay for college. By the time I graduated undergrad, I had done four or five years of firefighting and I had really enjoyed it.

The biggest issue they're facing is a lack of communication from the federal government as the West faces "a pretty significant wildland fire season," Washington State Forester George Geissler ...

Emergency personnel responded to a small wildland fire near the northbound off-ramp of Interstate 17 at JW Powell Boulevard near the Pulliam Airport exit around 11:20 a.m., May 15, said Sgt.

The Los Angeles Fire Department is seeking applicants for its wildland hand crews, which play a vital role in wild management and suppression efforts in difficult terrain. Los Angeles City ...

Six fire agencies in El Paso County have joined together to create the Southern Colorado Interagency Wildland Fire Team in an effort to help protect their communities. Those involved include the ...

Participants learned about the specifics of wildland firefighting as well as how to dig ... how to read the fire and understand the weather, what’s pushing the fire, the topography that we’re going to ...