LINN — The legacy of Shawn Snider, the longtime Edinburg fire chief who died of cancer in May 2023, will live on for years to come thanks to a tribute from the Texas A&M Forestry Service. On Friday, ...

The Round Rock Fire Department's wildland team got some much-needed equipment The new equipment will assist with wildfire prevention, emergency response, and community protection ROUND ROCK, Texas - ...

From the outside, firefighter response gear doesn't look terribly high-tech. The coats, pants, gloves and boots don’t differ much from regular versions of the same items. But the makeup of this ...

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 ...

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 ...