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Local wildland firefighter on the road to recovery after suffering second-degree burns to his hands, wrists and face
A local wildland firefighter is home recovering after being injured while working initial attack on a fire in Nevada. Riley ...
Is this enough to protect firefighters’ lungs? Ontario gives new face coverings — but documents lay bare their shortcomings
The scarfs were issued after veteran firefighters won a battle to get presumptive illness coverage due to chronic smoke ...
Out-of-control wildfire in Cold Lake Air Weapons Range prompts restricted access
Classified as LWF132, the wildfire is now burning out-of-control and has grown to an estimated 1,210 hectares, according to Alberta Wildfire. It was spotted roughly 2 km west of Primrose ...
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Missoula researchers study how much smoke wildland firefighters can handle
Wildland firefighters don’t care to be called “smoke eaters” anymore, but smoke is what’s on their menu.