Northstate firefighters are navigating difficult terrain to tame wildfires. U.S. Forest Service (USFS) personnel told KRCR there are two ways firefighters establish line to stop a fire’s spread: ...

Volunteer firefighting in New York State developed out of community necessity and neighborly cooperation. In the colonial and early national periods, towns and villages had no organized public safety ...

Firefighters are always reevaluating what works and doesn’t work when it comes to firefighting tactics. We change how we do things based on data, science, and experience. Why aren’t we taking the same ...

Arizona’s senators and governor have raised questions about the initial firefighting tactics used against the wildfire that started July 4 with a lightning strike. The Interior Department on Wednesday ...

Bushfires are environmental disasters and highly damaging to all the wildlife. Raptors, including the kite species, are well-known fire foragers, feeding on animals fleeing the flames. The birds pick ...

In August 2024, a wildfire broke out in Acará, a rural municipality in Brazil’s eastern Amazon state of Pará. Local civil defense coordinator Edson Abreu dos Santos, 48, knew he had to act quickly.

The acronym SLICE-RS represented a revolutionary advancement in firefighting tactics, not only in its effectiveness but also in the process of leveraging a data-driven, scientific approach. The ...

Firefighters tackling a massive blaze in the North Yorkshire moors have been hampered by exploding wartime bombs. Crews have been working to put out a wildfire on Langdale Moor, in the North York ...

The Stevens Point Fire Department conducted live fire training on Friday for its recruits as they prepare for their final academy classes.

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Chatham County Fire will host free training on refrigerated container hazards in January 2026 following the line-of-duty death of a Greene County battalion chief in ...

Nintendo recently announced that the next mainline Fire Emblem game is coming in 2026, and it looks like the company has another take on the popular strategy series to tide you over while you wait.

The inclusion of a fourth firefighter to an engine company crew means that a firefighter can be assigned as the door position/to manage pinch points, to allow the line to move in on a fire more ...