WALLING, Tenn. (WSMV) - Update: Around 10:40 p.m. the White County Office of Emergency Management reported that the Cash Dollar Cove and Hawkins fire is under control at this time. PREVIOUS: The ...

The Biden administration last week took temporary steps to boost the pay of federal wildland firefighters and indicated it will work to increase their compensation more permanently. At a White ...

Among the graduates was 18-year-old Sunnie Ornelas, who discovered her passion for wildland firefighting after taking an urban fire class. “I just wanted to be a structure firefighter.