Stephen Helzer practices deploying his protective fire shelter during a training simulation at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado ...

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - Ten people graduated from El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Wildland Fire Academy this week with their Firefighter II Certification. This means they are ready to serve as ...

WAIKAPU (HawaiiNewsNow) - If you’re on Maui, don’t be alarmed if you see lots of smoke in Waikapu. The Maui Fire Department will be conducting a wildland live fire training for its 41st recruit class ...

MISSOULA — To become a wildland firefighter, you must pass the pack test. Often considered the most daunting requirement of wildland certification, the test requires fire trainees walk 3 miles in less ...

WILLOWS —The Mendocino National Forest is hosting signup days for its wildland fire training program. Forest staff will be registering individuals for 2026 on-call crews at the following in-person ...

WAIKAPU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Maui Fire Department will be conducting wildland live fire training on multiple days this month. The MFD 42nd recruit class will be training on Nov. 10, 12, 18, and 19.

On July 28, 1995, Joe Stear was working in the back of his welding shop, Kuna Machine Shop, on Kuna’s Main Street, when he saw a lightning strike in the middle of the desert south of town. Then he saw ...

Bruce Woods, mitigation and prevention department head for Texas A&M Forest Service, has retired after 40-plus years of service.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – At the Springer Correctional Center in northern New Mexico, women inmates are getting hands-on training in wildland firefighting. The New Mexico Corrections Department’s recently ...

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