Soldiers assigned to the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Rugged Team 5, stand atop a mountain side while conducting mop-up operations at the August Complex wildfire in Mendocino National Forest, ...

Wildland training academies help prepare firefighters-in-training for deployment in Arizona and possibly across the West. Fire agencies from cities and other agencies send firefighters to academies ...

FORT SILL, Okla. Feb. 18, 2016 -- Starting fires and putting them out requires a lot of the same kind of training if you're a wildland firefighter. More than 240 paid and volunteer firefighters from ...

The U.S. Forest Service will offer basic wildland firefighter training this spring, and is seeking men and women interested in this demanding but rewarding work. The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit ...

NEW YORK — Governor Kathy Hochul has announced New York’s Volunteer Firefighter Training Stipend program is being expanded to reimburse costs related to Basic Wildland Fire Suppression for ...

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (KELO) — Crews in western KELOLAND are teaming up to get ready for wildfire season. Blackhawk helicopters were the focus of today’s training out at the Army Aviation Facility in Hot ...

While today’s fire service demands constant preparation in all specialties, that is poignantly true in wildland fire suppression. Learning to stay out of the “gun sight” – the path an approaching ...

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — As fires continue to burn and grow in the North Cascades, wildland firefighters who are not actively battling a fire, are preparing for what is left of fire season.

Training wildland firefighters| Grass lands| Urban wildfire risk | Investing in high-risk areas (coming soon) Rebuilding or not (coming soon) | Wildfire forecast (coming soon) PRESCOTT — A cacophony ...