Wildland firefighter gear is designed to strike a series of delicate, life-or-death balances. It must be heavy-duty enough to protect its wearer from the searing heat of 1000°F flames ...

A wildland firefighter's standard-issue fire shirt is made of fire-resistant Nomex material and is always bright yellow for easy visibility. Fire pants are made of high-strength, flame-resistant ...

Women interested in learning more about a career in wildland fire can apply to join the U.S. Forest Service’s upcoming Women in Wildland Fire boot camp in the Coconino National Forest.

Prescribed fire is used as a management tool for a number of reasons- fuel reduction for mitigating the impact of wild fires, habitat improvement for game and other species, and as a successional ...

Improving access to information for wildland fire incident operations would improve public safety through effective fire containment. Funded through a Cooperative Agreement with the National Institute ...

The live fire event, held June 28 just outside of Sweet Home, marked the culmination of the 2024 Mid-Willamette Valley Interagency Wildland Fire School, a yearly training program set up to prepare ...

Chuck Russell has worked in fire management at the National Parks Service and the Bureau of Land Management for over 20 years. The National Park Service has named a veteran of federal agency ...

British Columbia wildland firefighter Angus Duguid loves his job, but he doesn’t love waking up with headaches or a clogged nose from inhaling smoke. So he turned his skills as a design student ...

Officials have warned residents in Burlington and Ocean counties about increased smoke as crews fight a wildland fire within the confines of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The warning was issued to ...

Saffre, Fabrice Hildmann, Hanno Karvonen, Hannu and Lind, Timo 2022. Monitoring and Cordoning Wildfires with an Autonomous Swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Drones ...