ALTURAS, Calif. -- A U.S. Forest Service firefighter from South Dakota has been killed battling one of more than a dozen wildfires raging across California, Forest Service officials said Friday night.

Despite the Trump administration’s public pronouncements that it has hired enough wildland firefighters, documents obtained by ProPublica show a high vacancy rate, as well as internal concern among ...

If the rash of wildfires in Quebec has ignited a spark of interest in becoming a forest firefighter, officials welcome your interest but also have a few words of warning. “You have to be used to ...

KAMIAH, Idaho – A U.S. Forest Service firefighter who suffered a traumatic brain injury in August after being struck by a tree is making significant strides in his recovery. He is now able to feed and ...