Williston police and firefighters are joining forces with Vitalant to hold the fourth annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive ...

BOISE, Idaho — After 492 days away from home, wildland firefighter Justin "Riley" Shaw returned to Idaho on Monday, greeted by about 50 family members, friends, firefighters and community members at ...

For a decade before Wildfire Today Founder and wildland firefighting stalwart Bill Gabbert’s death, he wrote numerous articles on what he called the “Holy Grail of wildland firefighting safety.” ...

The newly created U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS) has hired its inaugural leader: Brian Fennessy, Chief of the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) in Southern California. Fennessy has nearly 50 ...

Momentum is building toward deployment of respirators to protect wildland firefighters from a long list of toxins. But researchers argue that the workforce’s practical concerns would need to be ...

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Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Chief Brian Fennessy will retire on January 2, 2026, to become the inaugural Director of the newly established United States Wildland Fire Service (USWFS). The new ...

A US Navy warship fired missiles at two American F/A-18 fighter jets above the Red Sea last year. The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation shows. One of the ...