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The crew had already worked a full day shift by the time the main fire front began to flank existing fireline, forcing an emergency, late-night burnout. By the time they returned to camp at 6 a.m ...
Members of the Colorado River Fire Rescue Wildland crew paddle into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. After reaching their spike camp, a helicopter delivered 1,200 pounds of gear ...
Sean Whalan just started his 9th season as a firefighter with ODF. At the live fire training, he worked as the Maple Crew boss. "We're out here to introduce new firefighters to the job and skills.
How DOGE cuts are jeopardizing our national parks 07:23. Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the ...
Sarah Jakober is a U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter who serves on the Grand Ronde Rappel Crew based in Grande, Oregon. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on being a wildland ...
BRIMSON, Minn. — A crew of nearly 600 wildland firefighters are beginning to get the upper hand on two wildfires that have consumed tens of thousands of acres in northeastern Minnesota.
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Rural Fire District is sending a crew along with a Type 3 Wildland engine to help fight the fires burning in Los Angeles. The crew of four firefighters will arrive ...
While no civilian injuries have been reported, an 18-year-old Wildland Fire Crew member was killed while responding to the blaze over the weekend, officials said Sunday.
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered government officials to consolidate wildland firefighting into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that ...
U.S. Forest Service investigators Tuesday were seeking the public’s help identifying two men who broke into a locked fire engine and stole equipment from a crew standing by for deployments ...
Summit Fire & EMS says a wildland crew extinguished a small “escaped campfire” in Keystone Gulch on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 27. The fire was limited to about 5 by 10 feet, the fire protection ...