Concern over the U.S. Forest Service’s capacity to respond to wildfires has some former federal employees seeking ...

A Red Card is an Incident Qualification Card that summarizes the qualifications for wildland firefighting ... of evacuations (previously Levels 1, 2, and 3), and prepares them for the actions ...

The Wildland Firefighter Type 2 training program is in partnership with TrainND Southwest, part of the workforce training network in the state that also involves Williston State College ...

Kapa's "position description," or job title in the Forest Service, has never been that of a firefighter. But they hold a "red card," meaning ... have claimed that wildland firefighters were ...

Front Range wildfire experts told Denver7 that a critical part of battling wildfires is protecting the wildland-urban interface ... s aging workforce LA firefighters spray retardant on Kenneth ...

BOISE, Idaho — An injured wildland firefighter from Boise is now in a ... If you want to send him a card or letter, the family said to email them to Justinshawrecovery@gmail.com.

As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much-needed break. But for many of ...

Governor Little proclaims July 2 as Idaho Wildland Firefighter Day. Today is a day to recognize the tireless efforts of the men and women who make up our wildland firefighter community.

For more than six years, filmmaker Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann embedded with a crew of wildland firefighters in California whose expertise is working with large, high-priority fires. Referred to as ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Wildland firefighters nationwide have increased their pay permanently. A new federal budget with input from Senator Kyrsten Sinema helped turn a temporary pay increase ...

Dressed in their recognizable yellow and green uniforms, stained by dirt, sweat dripping down their brows and smoke burning their eyes and lungs, nearly 170 newly certified wildland firefighters ...

Originally published Dec. 11 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn’t act.