The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced permanent pay increases for federal and tribal wildland firefighters. The pay boost, part of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (H.R. 1968) signed into law by President Trump on March 14....
Firefighters in New York knocked down a dwindling brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday as officials warned that high wind gusts could leave the region vulnerable to additional blazes. NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters in New York knocked down a dwindling...
Katie Myers, Izzy Ross, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Grist Seattle, WA (Grist) On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense. "I...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres) of forest in Ofunato...
By The Associated Press undefined Crews battled wildfires in North and South Carolina on Sunday amid dry conditions and gusty winds as residents were forced to evacuate in some areas. The National Weather Service warned of increased fire danger in the region due to a...
Summer Lin and Terry Castleman Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — As California struggles to defend itself against increasingly destructive urban wildfires, recent fire deaths in Altadena highlight what researchers say is a growing trend in victim demographics. Up...
Jenny Jarvie - Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — A spark from a malfunctioning transmission line ignited a fire. Before long, gale-force winds whipped the flames into a mighty firestorm that tore through the Sierra Nevada foothills at the rate of one football...
Alex Brown Stateline.org (TNS) Feb. 18—ISSAQUAH, Wash. — President Donald Trump's moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support personnel, fire professionals warn, leaving communities to face deadly consequences when...
Lauren Penington The Denver Post (TNS) A hunting company based in southwestern Colorado has paid $500,000 to settle allegations that it sparked a national forest wildfire in 2019, federal officials said. Federal investigators allege Jackson Outfitters is liable for...
Steve Scauzillo - Los Angeles Daily News (TNS) During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Wednesday defended the department’s aerial firefighting capabilities during the...
Jenny Jarvie - Los Angeles Times On a hot, dry November morning in 1961, flames from a trash pile on brushland north of Mulholland Drive were picked up by Santa Ana winds and swept across the canyons of one of Los Angeles' wealthiest enclaves. The apocalyptic scenes...
Nathan Solis - Los Angeles Times Southern California Edison reported to state regulators Thursday that its equipment likely sparked the Hurst fire that burned nearly 800 acres in Sylmar last month, but the utility has yet to determine where the much more destructive...
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