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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management released the new local pay scales for the nation's wildland firefighters. Here's the raises they got.
When Mikaela Balkind trained to become a wildland firefighter, she knew she was signing up for a physically- and ...
Federal layoffs have created chaos for Northwest public lands, and a cascade of damaging environmental consequences appears ...
The Table Rock Complex fire in South Carolina has reached more than 12,000 acres in size. Here is the latest from the South Carolina Forestry Commission.
The utility submitted a proposal Friday in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request for Los Angeles utilities to bury all ...
Residents and visitors sensitive to smoke are advised to prepare for potential impacts. There will be increased firefighting ...
Despite ongoing efforts by firefighters, the Table Rock Fire in Pickens County and the Persimmon Ridge Fire in Greenville County both grew considerably. Table Rock nearly doubled in size to 4,556 ...
Building with the right materials saved homes in the Maui and Los Angeles wildfires, but many homeowners can't afford the price.
After years of anxiety, a pay boost for wildland firefighters ... to a separate fire camp. The pay boost has been a source of anxiety for the nation’s wildland firefighting force not long ...
This classification means that they are working both fires from the one incident command post at the Wesleyan Camp ... fire departments will be performing structure protection as wildland ...