A common use for the Pulaski is in creating fire breaks -- sections of land devoid of vegetation which can help contain forest fires. Firefighters chop down trees with the axe side, cut away roots ...

Federal firefighters are an essential part of the nation’s firefighting capability. The Department of the Interior employed 5,780 federal wildland fire personnel in 2024, while the US Forest ...

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Schiff’s letter to multiple U.S. agencies comes after NBC News reported that federal firefighters were not considered exempt from the hiring freeze.

More than 900 incarcerated firefighters were responding to the fires in Southern California, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials. In a written statement ...

Veteran firefighters who responded to the 2023 blazes in Maui, Hawaii, had greater levels of “forever chemicals” in their blood in comparison to those of shorter-term recruits, new research ...

An Orange County teenager's lifelong passion could change the future of firefighting, with his recent invention becoming the latest tool adopted by local fire departments to help stop wildfires before ...

James Bartels, a former 911 dispatcher in southeast Ohio, admitted to starting dozens of fires to "give the boys something to do." ...

A retired firefighter who miraculously survived the devastation of 9/11 has died by suicide after suffering trauma from the attack for decades. Thomas 'Tommy' Dunn had been a firefighter for less ...

Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 11:05 a.m. Saturday to 1326 S. Comstock Avenue, according to Lyndsey Lantz of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The victim, described as a 40-year-old ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — Pawtucket firefighters’ union announced Friday that it has come to an agreement with the city officials on who should fill the vacancy of the deputy chief. The union ...

A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to starting dozens of fires in Wayne National Forest. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio ...