The Wyoming National Guard needs new firefighting training equipment, its leader told the Joint Appropriations Committee last week. On Dec. 12, Adjutant General Major Gen. Greg Porter told lawmakers ...

The DEC is offering $851,255 in grants to help rural fire departments purchase wildland firefighting equipment. Applications are now open.

With rucking more popular than ever, we set out to outline what exactly rucking is, why it’s one of the accessible approaches ...

May 5—Randall "Ran" Crone used to split his time between Hawaii and Alaska, but life as a smokejumper took him to Missoula where his habit of reinforcing his gear would eventually turn into a business ...

Gem County Fire District #1 last week announced that it was awarded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) for the 2023 cycle, totaling $102,765. This vital funding enabled the rural fire district ...

Momentum is building toward deployment of respirators to protect wildland firefighters from a long list of toxins. But ...

Barcelona, July 14 th, 2025 – Vallfirest, a global leader in wildland firefighting equipment and innovation, has announced the acquisition of Aerial Fire Control PTY LTD, an Australian-based company ...

For years, federal wildland firefighters have worked long, dangerous shifts with almost no protection from the thick smoke around them. Now, a new bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate aims to change ...

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 ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Deschutes National Forest of the USDA Forest Service said Monday it is now hiring for several seasonal positions, including wildland firefighters and smokejumpers "We are ...