Wildland firefighters’ health left unsupported after Trump administration guts cancer research programs (Opinion) The Trump administration laid off most of the staff working on the National ...

Opinion: Protect the firefighters who protect our homes and forests You probably don’t know much about the very real health risks of the job. Now, it’s getting harder for anyone to know.

This personal protective equipment is unworkable because wildland firefighting includes hiking for miles and digging in the dirt for days and weeks at a time. I’ve been a federal wildland ...

Wildland firefighters and their support staff operate in intensely dangerous and high-stress environments, often exposing themselves to significant trauma and cumulative stress. These challenging ...

Former wildland firefighter Kelly Ramsey says most people want to run the other way when they see a column of smoke. All she wanted to do, however, was run toward it. That feeling compelled Ramsey to ...

Hurtado first began firefighting in 2016 as a seasonal wildland firefighter on the Cleveland National Forest near San Diego. Following that he worked at the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles.

The scarfs were issued by the government after veteran firefighters won a battle to get presumptive illness coverage due to ...

Kelly Ramsey’s new memoir, "Wildfire Days," follows her rookie seasons as a wildland firefighter on an elite hotshot crew in the Pacific Northwest. Her story is one of physical endurance ...