KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - Firefighters from East Texas and other states gathered in Kilgore today to complete a course teaching them the basics of wildland firefighting. Participants learned about the ...

The Forest Service had about 9,450 wildland firefighters as of May 3, with a goal to increase that to 11,300 people by mid-July. The Interior Department employs about 6,700 wildland firefighters.

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 ...

A Yukon wildland firefighter is urging the territory to extend presumptive cancer coverage for those in his industry. Currently, 19 types of cancer are covered for full-time, and part-time ...

A Yukon wildland firefighter is urging the territory to extend presumptive cancer coverage for those in his industry. Currently, 19 types of cancer are covered for full-time, and part-time, volunteer ...

Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest ...

Justin “Riley” Shaw suffered a traumatic brain injury while fighting an Idaho wildfire in 2024. He’s spent more than 250 days in hospitals since then.

Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest ...

To combat chronic and growing shortages of wildland firefighters, Oregon’s Congressional Democrats propose leveraging an existing federal jobs program to boost the workforce needed. The ...