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Halifax spent more than $160,000 on the wrong type of wildfire protective gear, and the union for municipal firefighters says ...
Governor Tina Kotek visited Oregon's Wildland Fire School and stressed the importance of firefighter training and public ...
Gov. Tina Kotek visited the Mid-Willamette Valley Interagency Wildland Fire School in Sweet Home on its final day.
Monday marks the 12th anniversary since 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. Only ...
With fireworks already lighting up the night sky and recent wildfires raising concerns, fire departments across Utah are preparing for what could be a dangerous ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Fire Igniting Readiness, Emergency Preparedness, and Safety, also known as ‘FIRES’, event was ...
CHEPACHET, R.I. (WJAR) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is hosting its annual wildland firefighting training class this week. It marks the third straight year the course ...
State agencies say they’re prepared but federal capacity remains uncertain after last year's record-breaking fires stretched resources to breaking point.
Kelly Ramsey’s first year as a hotshot wildland firefighter in California broke all kinds of records. In 2020, California was ...
A sheriff says a man shot firefighters battling a blaze in northern Idaho after they asked him to move his vehicle, killing two of them and wounding a third.
The Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department is inviting community members to an open house and disaster preparedness fair, offering a chance ...
The Station 7 crew specializes in swift water rescues, wildland fire suppression and technical rope rescues, and the new station was built specifically to support those specialties, Reinking said.