The latest NIST study provides more information about exposure risk for firefighters from their firefighting protective gear.

The gear included four kinds of gloves, eight kinds of hoods, and nine types of wildland firefighter gear. Researchers put extra focus on hoods and gloves because they touch the skin directly.

Ohio firefighters are in California in response to the state’s request for additional help to fight ongoing wildfires.

All of the vehicles lost in the fire were insured. “The equipment that was lost predominantly was funded solely from the revenue generated from our wildland program and not our local taxpayer ...

On Friday, the Linn-San Manuel Volunteer Fire Department — which hosts the forestry service at its station along State ...