For major firefighting responses, CAL Fire uses its tactical planes — the S-2T and C-130H air tankers — for "rapid initial attack delivery of fire retardant on wildland fires", carrying up to ...

Before joining Central Fire, Ramirez was a seasonal firefighter with Cal Fire from 1989 to 1999. Nee said Ramirez also worked on a helitack crew — a team of wildland firefighters transported by ...

The Newsom Administration has also overseen the expansion of California’s aerial firefighting fleet, including the addition of more than 16 helicopters with several equipped for night operations, ...

Wildland firefighters forced off the job by cancer need Alberta’s UCP government to step up and make sure they’re properly and promptly compensated, says the opposition NDP. Peggy Wright ...

As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much-needed break. But for many of ...

“It’s going to be really bad, really quick,” said Ben McLane, a federal hand crew captain and board member with Grassroots Wildland Firefighters. “We’re going to have a lack of personnel ...

An Idaho wildland firefighter that suffered a traumatic brain injury while fighting fire last year has reached a significant milestone on his journey to recover ...

Recent wildfires are larger and more intense than they've ever been in the historical record. If you've been watching the news at any point in the last decade, that's no surprise.

Schiff’s letter to multiple U.S. agencies comes after NBC News reported that federal firefighters were not considered exempt from the hiring freeze.

CHEYENNE — A fire severely damaged Laramie County Fire Authority Station 74 on Saturday, destroying three wildland firefighting apparatus that were to be deployed to assist in fighting fires in ...