Congress just unveiled a new package of bills to fund some agencies and avert a full government shutdown at the end of ...
The correlation between Arctic wildfires and abnormal snow cover under global warming is of growing concern. A comprehensive ...
The new appropriations package also would not adopt President Trump’s plan to combine wildland firefighting forces into a single agency.
As fires burn the landscape, they spew airborne gases and particles, though their impact on air pollution might be ...
California wildland firefighters are willing to wear respirators despite concerns about mobility and safety, according to new ...
New research has found that wildland fires may be releasing far more air-polluting gases than previously thought. The ...
As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much-needed break. But for many of them, ...
STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- With strong winds forecast, smoke from the Kincade Fire is moving south. There's little doubt what symptoms people could develop as the smoke spreads. "Your throat is dry and ...
A long running effort to permanently boost pay for thousands of federal wildland firefighters appears to be gaining some traction in Congress. But fire managers warn it could be too little too late to ...
Wildland firefighters will soon see big increases in pay and other benefits from the infrastructure bill. But firefighters are split on whether the changes are enough to keep them on the job. At the ...
President Biden signed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law Monday, setting federal wildland firefighters up for significant reforms to their pay and benefits. Federal agencies ...