boosting their wildland firefighting capacity in a key time of fire season. The transfer was part of the Rural Fire Readiness equipment transfer program, which aims to bolster the capabilities of ...

Heat alerts ... Fire Center raised the national preparedness level to a 5 out of 5, signaling a serious drawdown on firefighting personnel and equipment. “Significant wildland fire activity ...

In early September, our cameras followed firefighters as they battled the 17,000-acre Boone fire in Fresno County in 103-degree heat ... a retired wildland firefighter and health researcher ...

May 10—BEMIDJI — Low humidity levels and high winds have created dangerous fire conditions in the region, as was seen Friday afternoon when a wildland fire broke out near Wilton around 1 p.m.

HFD recommends plugging in only one heat-producing appliance ... firefighters arrived, but the fire had spread to adjacent brush, resulting in a half-acre wildland fire. The brush fire was quickly ...

The biggest issue they're facing is a lack of communication from the federal government as the West faces "a pretty significant wildland fire season," Washington State Forester George Geissler ...

Emergency personnel responded to a small wildland fire near the northbound off-ramp of Interstate 17 at JW Powell Boulevard near the Pulliam Airport exit around 11:20 a.m., May 15, said Sgt.

The Peyton, Falcon, Ellicott, and Elbert Fire Departments are working to contain an outside wildland fire near Sweet Road between Bradshaw Road and Peyton Highway. 3 House Democrats ask to be ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — On Monday, wildland firefighters responded to a 123-acre wildfire along Millis Road. The Road is on the Croatan National Forest in Carteret County. While the U.S ...

She is affiliated with the Missouri Prescribed Fire Council ... of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Maui Fire Department’s newest wildland firefighting tool was blessed on Thursday, May 8. MFD personnel, Maui Mayor Richard Bissen, Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Fund ...

Update, Saturday, July 13: Fire crews said the Dinosaur Fire was 100% contained. DENVER (KDVR) — Crews began responding Friday to a wildland fire ... of the extreme heat, fire crews were ...