Federal firefighting on public lands in the U.S. works like this: Resources rotate as the fire season progresses regionally.

The Department of the Interior has announced a historic, permanent pay increase for federal and tribal wildland firefighters.

Federal and tribal wildland firefighters are set to receive a permanent pay increase to aid in recruitment and retention.

Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown Friday night. They also finally approved the Payment Protection Act.

The Allen Fire Department has activated its wildland firefighting team to respond to the potential for brush fires Friday. A ...

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Carlos Baltazar was off-duty when he went missing in 2020, officials said. The remains were ...

Wildland firefighters have been pushing for permanent pay raises for years. A stopgap funding measure approved by the U.S.

Winds gusting as high as 70 miles per hour in some areas and low relative humidity continue to impact fire risk across Metro ...

The Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025 would set a 30-minute limit, ‘to the extent practicable,’ for fire crews ...

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 ...

The Piney Point Fire Department responded to two separate wildland fires late last week that collectively affected more than 180 acres.

Wildfires burned 8.9 million acres across the U.S. last year, a figure reported in a Feb. 2 Statista publication, marking a ...