Germany is a little smaller than California but has almost twice as many people, about 84 million. Though the country is densely populated and industrialized in large areas, about 30 per cent is ...

Wildland fire training is underway for firefighters across Western Washington. Fire officials are forecasting a hotter and drier summer, exacerbating wildfire conditions. Officials warn that although ...

Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc., a leading aerial firefighting company, expressed support for a new Executive Order aimed at restructuring the national wildland firefighting system. CEO Sam ...

COLUMBIA, MD - UL Research Institutes and its Fire Safety Research Institute announced a new firefighter training course to address the threats found in the wildland urban interface, also known as WUI ...

DUBLIN, Calif. — More than 28 newly recruited firefighters from the Alameda County Fire (ALCO Fire) Department participated in a comprehensive wildland firefighting training at Parks Reserve Forces ...

Stephen Helzer practices deploying his protective fire shelter during a training simulation at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis, and commentary from academic experts. As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland ...

As we watch the fires burn our neighbors’ homes in southern California, we have to keep in mind that the fires are not burning because of an inadequate water supply or a particular fire chief or ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - President Donald Trump´s administration is trying to merge the government´s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could ...