As a changing climate fuels more wildfires, experts are working to better protect firefighters on the front lines.

Wildland firefighting crews have gained 65% containment of the Short Draw Fire in northeast Wyoming and southern Montana. But ...

Humidity, cooler temperatures help tip the odds against three California wildland fires at lower levels but peaks remain dry.

As the risk of forest fires changes in a hotter climate, so is the way firefighters respond to them ... Climate change made the UK's hot summer of 2022 more likely - according to climate ...

An expected storm cell packing wind gusts of up to 40 mph could hamper wildland ... Saturday allowing firefighters to contain 88% of the perimeter and begin extinguishing hot spots.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Elkind, a wildland firefighter based in Washington state who has traveled the country ...

RAMAPO ‒ A firefighting unit, backed by local rabbis, has set off alarms for fire departments and government officials concerned about a possible lack of training that could endanger residents ...

The Forest Service is readying plans to implement a new occupational series for federal wildland firefighters, but as the agency makes its way through the details, the National Federation of Federal ...

A Michigan prisoner has persuaded a judge to throw out his burglary conviction, overcoming long odds by serving as his own ...

A new report on the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century details steps communities can take to reduce the likelihood that ...

There may be a few records broken on Friday, with that being the peak day of this heat wave. Redmond’s record for the 6 th of September is 98, and the forecast is calling for near 100. Bend will ...

The U.S. Forest Service said it was hiring wildland firefighters for permanent seasonal positions on hand, engine, hotshot crews and more. "Join the Forest Service’s Oregon or Washington fire ...