When a wildland fire burns, it consumes grass, brush and trees ... west to help California fight their fires are generally not fighting the brush fire. They're fighting the house fires.

Wildland firefighters forced off the job by cancer need Alberta’s UCP government to step up and make sure they’re properly ...

The wildland fuels – grass, brush and trees – only had three ... Like I said, it’s complicated. We can't keep fighting fires the way we did in the '70s On the other hand, those on the ...

As we see the devastation in the Los Angeles Basin, many wonder if Utah could experience a similar wildfire event. My experiences as a wildland firefighter and work with Utah State University ...

When you have 60 mph winds or greater, there is no fire chief, water supply or budget that is going to put out fires like those in Southern California ...

They’ve hired a contractor to help reduce fuel loads, just mowing the tall grass. A big one they did last year was behind ... it gives us more of a fighting chance to catch those spot fires and make a ...

CHEYENNE — A fire severely damaged Laramie County Fire Authority Station 74 on Saturday, destroying three wildland firefighting apparatus that were to be deployed to assist in fighting fires in ...

And longer burning seasons mean bigger fires. Think about it: A “normal” fire season in Arizona, for example, used to start in June and end in September. Now it starts before March and hopefully ends ...

equipped with type 3 wildland gear left Friday for Southern California to a mobilization center to be assigned specific duties. The crews will be on assignment for up to 14 days. The crew from Eagle ...