The IAWF board has released a position paper Health & Wellbeing in the Wildland Fire Sector, which outlines actions the ...
Former and current federal firefighters say they welcome the proposed changes, but worry that the wrong respirator or mask ...
On Monday, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and John Curtis (R-Utah.) introduced the bipartisan Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act, legislation to create the first-ever respiratory protection standards ...
Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours.
For example, in 2023, Canada called in assistance from 12 countries in its worst ever recorded fire season.   This growing ...
SANDY — Firefighters know that wildfire season could kick up in a major way along the Wasatch Front at any time, and city firefighters, in recent weeks, have been helping homeowners fortify their ...
Kelly Ramsey spent two years as a hotshot firefighter in California beginning in 2020. As a woman, she was an outlier on the crew. She said women make up only about 5% of specialized wildfire crews.
As we head into the holiday season, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to our wildland firefighters.
Firefighters extinguished a small fire near Realization Point in Boulder on Tuesday evening, and they have determined it was ...
Wildfire veterans believe top officials on the fire sent their crews into an ambush. Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire ...