North Carolina firefighters gave a rare glimpse from above of aerial firefighting efforts to tackle a breakout wildfire in the state’s Avery County, footage posted on Tuesday, November 18, showed.

A company claimed to Wildfire Today that it is closer to making this quest a reality. RoGO Communications, which focuses on ...

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 ...

An executive order signed earlier this month by President Donald Trump would look to “consolidate” five federal wildland fire agencies into one. The U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

This spring marks 31 years since the local publication of the first Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG) in 1994 and 26 years since it became a National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) interagency ...

Kelly Ramsey’s literary memoir details her “circuitous” journey from a poet to being the only woman on an elite hotshot firefighting crew. In the provided photo, author Kelly Ramsey stands in the ...

Andrew Bozzo explains why the box approach to incident command at wildland urban interface fires ensures that saving lives and protecting property are the top priorities. The drawing and the command ...

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 ...

AIKEN — Danna Lusk’s experiences as a dispatcher and battler of blazes in California, Alaska and other states inspired her when she decided to launch a business. The products she offers through Anchor ...