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 ...
A new bipartisan bill in the Senate aims to protect federal wildland firefighters from working long, dangerous shifts with almost no protection from the thick smoke.
The Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act was introduced by Democratic California Senator Adam Schiff and Republican Utah Senator John ...
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 ...
A new bill sponsored by Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla would explore landmark respiratory protections to shield wildland ...
For example, in 2023, Canada called in assistance from 12 countries in its worst ever recorded fire season.   This growing ...
Santa Barbara–based firefighter Jorge Hurtado brings the world of wildland firefighting to life for kids with his Sparky the Brave Wildland Firefighter series. With two previous books about the ...
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 ...
Firefighters extinguished a small fire near Realization Point in Boulder on Tuesday evening, and they have determined it was ...