They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

BUFFALO — Markus Koch remembers his first encounter with what would eventually become both a profession and passion. Now 30 years old, Koch was in junior high school in Kaycee when a particularly ...

A particularly active fire season with multiple large acreage fires brought smoke columns – he remembers both the sight and ...

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For decades, firefighters facing some of the state’s most destructive wildfires worked without proper masks or respirators, despite evidence showing long-term health risks from wildfire smoke. That’s ...

For decades, federal firefighters have trudged and parachuted into wildfires with only “a bandana and a prayer,” as the saying goes, to protect them from inhaling dangerous toxins. Meanwhile, studies ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is turning to artificial intelligence to help firefighters get to wildfires quicker. Firefighters have relied on sightings of wildfire, 911 calls, and even people in ...

After growing up in a Marine Corps family, Tiege Downes enlisted out of high school. As a Marine in a scout-sniper platoon, he deployed overseas and expected he’d go to college after his active-duty ...

When battling fires at the wildland-urban interface, firefighters are exposed to dozens—if not more—of chemical compounds, many of which can be hazardous to their health. Researchers are asking ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – At the Springer Correctional Center in northern New Mexico, women inmates are getting hands-on training in wildland firefighting. The New Mexico Corrections Department’s recently ...