specialized tools and fire resistant clothing. All fire department staff undergo specialized training in wildland firefighting techniques, ensuring they are equipped with the necessary skills and ...

Its purpose is to show how conditions such as wind speed and direction can affect a fire's spread and to show how firefighters use firelines and backfires to control a wildland fire.

Woodlands Fire Chief Palmer Buck said the new Type 3 Wildland Engine is a cross between a typical fire truck and a small brush fire truck. The four-wheel drive truck carries 500 gallons of water.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KLTV) - A team of Longview firefighters arrived in the Texas panhandle in an effort to monitor and fight wildland fires. The four members of the Longview Fire Department were assigned ...