With the risk of wildfires increasing due to wildland-urban interference and climate change, researchers are looking for solutions. Brigham Young University (BYU) professor has been researching this ...

"When we're talking a wildland fire up on a mountain or even just in an open field, what would normally meet some level of green area that would stop the fire or at least slow its progress, in a ...

The Division of Forestry is responsible for fighting wildland fires on private lands and enforcing forest fire hazard seasons ...

Andrew Bozzo explains why the box approach to incident command at wildland urban interface fires ensures that saving lives and protecting property are the top priorities. The drawing and the command ...

Four small tornadoes of swirling hot ash danced about 10 to 15 yards away. Coty Price held the line on unfamiliar ground somewhere up a mountain in California. It was a night last September when there ...

With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season.

I had a rewarding and successful wildland fire and fuels management career, and I feel the ultimate opportunity for giving back is in helping to develop the next generation of wildland fire and ...

The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...

Submitted by Orcas Island Fire and Rescue. In the afternoon of Sunday, July 20, Orcas Fire and Rescue responded to an initial wildland fire happening off Point Lawrence Road in Doe Bay. This fire, ...

A 60-year-old Keizer man died Aug. 24 while fighting the Bivens Creek Fire in southwest Montana. Ruben Gonzales Romero was working on fire suppression for Monmouth-based TJ Forestry Contracting when ...