The correlation between Arctic wildfires and abnormal snow cover under global warming is of growing concern. A comprehensive ...

The National Interagency Fire Center warns of heightened wildfire potential in Oklahoma, recalling last year's destructive ...

Communities with a moderate to high wildfire risk were prioritized in the new funding, the Department of the Interior ...

California wildland firefighters are willing to wear respirators despite concerns about mobility and safety, according to new ...

Tuesday, December 30th, Officers responded to the 9800 block of Robinson Farm Road following a domestic altercation. One individual was taken into custody. Officers responded to the ... more ...

A West Coast Wildland firefighter is now in a wheelchair after being shot four times outside a Wesley Chapel apartment complex. Pasco deputies arrested the victim's girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, who is ...

Denver could clinch its first division title since 2015 in Week 16. Justin Edmonds / Getty Images The Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams became this season’s first teams to clinch a playoff berth ...

BOISE, Idaho — After 492 days away from home, wildland firefighter Justin "Riley" Shaw returned to Idaho on Monday, greeted by about 50 family members, friends, firefighters and community members at ...

Oklahoma State University’s Dr. Ruiqing Shen is developing advanced hydrogel technology aimed at improving firefighting methods. Supported by a National Science Foundation EPSCoR Research Fellows ...

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For decades, federal firefighters have trudged and parachuted into wildfires with only “a bandana and a prayer,” as the saying goes, to protect them from inhaling dangerous toxins. Meanwhile, studies ...

After growing up in a Marine Corps family, Tiege Downes enlisted out of high school. As a Marine in a scout-sniper platoon, he deployed overseas and expected he’d go to college after his active-duty ...