The new agency will be composed of the multiple fire programs within the Department of the Interior. Congress funded other ...

The Department of the Interior (DOI) has formally announced the establishment of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS), a ...

The Department of the Interior is standing up a new, unified wildland firefighting entity, despite a lack of funding and some ...

Neither the House nor the Senate included funding for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service in new spending bills. The Interior ...

The United States Department of the Interior on Monday officially announced the launch of the “U.S. Wildland Fire Service,” an effort by the department to unify the wildfire-fighting resources of ...

U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Jan. 12 signed an order establishing the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, ...

Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump ...

Wildland firefighters are willing to wear respirators and other protective breathing equipment despite concerns the devices could hinder their ability to fight fires safely, according to new research ...

Madison County Sheriff's Office, along with the Northern Rockies Complex Incident Management Team 6, on Monday identified the firefighter who died in the line of duty on the Bivens Creek Fire as Ruben ...

Zoe Treibitz, 24, who has worked as an emergency wildland firefighter with the Kentucky Division of Forestry, speaks about concerns over low pay and high turnover among firefighters, Sept. 10, 2025.

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 ...

Wildland firefighter Justin Shaw, who was injured while fighting a wildfire in the Nez Perce National Forest in August 2024, ...