Former and current federal firefighters say they welcome the proposed changes but worry that the wrong respirator or mask ...

Veterans can get wildland fire training through several federal and state agencies, abiding standards of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.

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 ...

Sergeant Robert Burns of the U.S. Army, a native of Mount Shasta, is now competing for a spot in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The IAWF board has released a position paper Health & Wellbeing in the Wildland Fire Sector, which outlines actions the ...

Difficult and dangerous wildfires can and do occur across a wide variety of fuel types, all over the globe. But many of the ...

John Wesley Hawkins died two days after his 69th birthday at the University of Utah Hospital.

Despite the government shutdown during prime prescribed burn season across the American West, the Forest Service managed to ...

The U.S. Forest Service and Botetourt County Fire Department have been working to keep two fires under control since Wednesday.

Matthew McConoughey and America Ferrera star in “The Lost Bus,” a new movie based on the devastating Camp Fire, the most ...

A new bipartisan bill in the Senate aims to protect federal wildland firefighters from working long, dangerous shifts with almost no protection from the thick smoke.

A new bill sponsored by Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla would explore landmark respiratory protections to shield wildland ...