When Mikaela Balkind trained to become a wildland firefighter, she knew she was signing up for a physically- and ...
Jorge Hurtado, a wildland firefighter and local author, has developed a children’s book series designed to educate kids on ...
The permanent pay raise comes as Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has cut about 3,400 workers at the ...
"He’s the head of the forestry department, and we had a horrible, horrible wildfire," the governor said Wednesday of Mark ...
Wildland firefighter advocates are celebrating the permanent pay raises included in a larger funding bill passed by Congress ...
In some cases, the new, permanent pay scale for federal wildland firefighters will give frontline employees a more than 30% pay raise.
As the ground warms and vegetation dries out, it's the perfect time for firefighters to sharpen their skills. The rising temps of spring also bring a rising risk of wildfires, which is why a ...
“But I do think there is a clear lack of understanding about how the inter-agency wildland fire system is set up, how it works, and how people that don’t have ‘firefighter’ listed as their ...
Federal and tribal wildland firefighters are set to receive a permanent pay increase to aid in recruitment and retention.