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On Sunday, July 13, a Colorado Springs Firefighter celebrated his retirement after 35 years of dedicated service to the ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove commemorated Week of Remembrance and National Wildland Firefighter Day in a press release, reminding people that the Week of ...
Western Oregon wildland firefighters wrapped up their field training June 27 as Oregon begins its 2025 wildfire season. The annual camp in Sweet Home gives training to new and existing wildland ...
Firefighters and rigs from Station 53, the fire station near 80th and Dodge Streets he retired from 41 years earlier, paid him a visit to wish him a happy birthday.
Kelly Ramsey’s first year as a hotshot wildland firefighter in California broke all kinds of records. In 2020, California was an inferno. Ten-thousand fires broke out across the state and turned ...
Former wildland firefighter Kelly Ramsey’s new memoir is about the mental and physical cost of being on the frontlines of California’s largest blazes.
Firefighters Joshua Donahue, Chris Schlosser, Jon Settergren and Michael Hemmerich, left to right, move debris as they combat the Camp House wildfire in Brimson, MN last month.
You probably don’t see wildland firefighters on the job because they usually work in remote areas. But with wildfires moving from the backcountry to backyards, the public is becoming more aware ...
It was groundbreaking for the National Firefighter Registry to recognize and include the unique job hazards posed by those who fight fires in the backcountry and areas close to homes. You might assume ...
Opinion: Protect the firefighters who protect our homes and forests You probably don’t know much about the very real health risks of the job. Now, it’s getting harder for anyone to know.
Wildland firefighters’ health left unsupported after Trump administration guts cancer research programs (Opinion) The Trump administration laid off most of the staff working on the National ...
NEW YORK STATE (WRGB) — Governor Kathy Hochul announced Saturday that New York’s Volunteer Firefighter Training Stipend program is being expanded to reimburse costs related to Basic Wildland ...