SPOKANE, Wash. — A procession honoring the life of a fallen Montana wildland firefighter will travel through North Idaho and Spokane on Monday, Sept. 1. Gonzales Romero died of a cardiac emergency ...
After years of wildland firefighters developing cancer, lung disease and other health issues while not being allowed to wear masks as they work, the U.S. Forest Service will now allow these crews to ...
The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they want to — something Washington’s state wildland firefighters have been able to ...
A firefighter moves hazard fuel while working on the Bear Gulch fire this summer. Many in the wildland fire community believe the leadership team managing the fire sent crews into an ambush by federal ...
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho — An Idaho Department of Lands firefighter died Friday after being struck by a falling tree while working on a prescribed fire in northern Idaho. Isabella Oscarson, a seasonal ...
Idaho Governor Brad Little ordered the lowering of all state and federal flags to half-staff in honor of Isabella Oscarson, a firefighter who was killed by a falling tree on Saturday. "Idahoans are ...
I had a rewarding and successful wildland fire and fuels management career, and I feel the ultimate opportunity for giving back is in helping to develop the next generation of wildland fire and ...
The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...
Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours.
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