NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly ...

And, the U.S. Forest Service Women in Wildland Fire Advisory Council, which was launched last year ... including passing the ...

New research quantifies the health risks of wildland-urban interface fires, showing fire emissions in populated areas are three times more likely to lead to annual premature deaths than emissions from ...

Firefighters who fight fires in wildland urban interface zones experience genetic changes that explain their elevated risk ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will appoint an ad hoc committee to examine how data collected from prescribed fires can be more effectively integrated and analyzed to ...

The risk of brush fires remains "high" across all of Connecticut's eight counties on Friday, state officials said.

In his view, some smaller wildland fires should also be left to burn to eliminate fuels that would feed larger fires. "The harder we fight fire, the harder we try to remove fire, the more the ...

Successfully fighting a wildfire requires more than people digging line or cutting fire breaks with chainsaws. It also ...

The U.S. Forest Service employs more than 11,000 people in its wildland fire program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website, and historically has had a hard time hiring and retai ...

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.

And, the U.S. Forest Service Women in Wildland Fire Advisory Council ... including passing the infamous pack test, which requires firefighters to carry 45 pounds for three miles in less than ...