Suppression is always going to be there,” Chief Brian Fennessy told the Mountain West News Bureau. “But we're not going to ...
The Trump administration has taken the first steps in standing up its new, consolidated federal firefighting agency, despite Congress declining to fund it and voicing bipartisan reservations about the ...
While Orangeburg County fire officials say well-trained firefighters are important, new state standards set for interior firefighting could have a chilling impact on attracting new volunteers to an ...
A group of Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday asked Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to halt creation of a consolidated federal wildland fire service until he can explain how it improves on ...
Arizona’s senators and governor have raised questions about the initial firefighting tactics used against the wildfire that started July 4 with a lightning strike. The Interior Department on Wednesday ...
In a Senate hearing, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum admitted that flawed firefighting strategies worsened the Grand Canyon’s ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. This story originally appeared in the Mountain Journal.A prominent California fire boss has ...