Veterans can get wildland fire training through several federal and state agencies, abiding standards of the National ...
On Monday, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and John Curtis (R-Utah.) introduced the bipartisan Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act, legislation to create the first-ever respiratory protection standards ...
Two fireground incidents – one involving an entrapped crew in a high-risk prescribed fire, the other a firefighter death in a vehicle – has triggered the British Columbia worker safety agency to levy ...
Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, an advocacy organization made up of current and former federal firefighters, recently published a new analysis showing that the U.S. Forest Service, under the ...
Work will be performed at Melrose Air Force Range, Melrose, New Mexico and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2035. This ...
When I attended a recent fire service conference, I had the pleasure of spending time with a statesman of the American fire service, a legend who has dedicated himself to educating the fire service on ...
WorkSafeBC has levied fines of more than $750,000 against BC Wildfire Service after investigating two incidents involving ...
University of Hawaii researchers are joining a nationwide team on a $25.6 million project to design advanced sensors that monitor the environment for natural disasters. According to the university, ...
In October 2023, the province was fined $710,488.79 for unsafe wildfire mitigation practices near Wonowon in the province’s ...
Former and current federal firefighters say they welcome the proposed changes but worry that the wrong respirator or mask ...
Burning brush and leaf piles is the main cause of wildfires at this time of year, and debris burning remains the number one ...
Traditional forms of critical incident stress management in the fire service may not be as effective as they once were.