As part of a community wide effort to support rookie wildland firefighters, family and friends of 22-year-old Reno native Will Hawkins, killed on the job almost eight years ago, today launched a ...

California authorities say the sweeping DOGE staffing cuts at the U.S. Forest Service will mean fewer prescribed burns ...

From New Jersey to the California coast, wildfires are becoming more common and destructive amid increasing droughts and a warmer climate.

The order aims to centralize firefighting efforts now split among five agencies and two Cabinet departments. Trump's proposed budget for next year calls for the creation of a new Federal Wildland Fire ...

FILE - A firefighter carries a drip torch as he ignites a backfire against the Hughes Fire burning along a hillside in Castaic, Calif., Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) SOURCE: Jae C. Hong ...