Governor Kathy Hochul announced Saturday that New York’s Volunteer Firefighter Training Stipend program is being expanded to ...

Rachel Granberg, an experienced 38-year old wildland firefighter in ... her endurance and strength up. And most firefighters these days wear hiking boots or running shoes during the test, not ...

Basic wildfire safety training equips outdoor adventurers with essential survival skills, from understanding fire behavior to ...

Valley ROP held its annual graduation ceremony to honor 40 high school students who completed their training to become ...

The coats, pants, gloves and boots don’t differ much from regular ... of a structure firefighter is too exhausting to wear. Wildland firefighters need lighter, more comfortable clothes.

Jorge Hurtado has written two children's books about wildland firefighting and plans a whole series. Credit: Sheila Lockwood / Noozhawk photo Jorge Hurtado, a wildland firefighter and local author ...

Dressed in their recognizable yellow and green uniforms, stained by dirt, sweat dripping down their brows and smoke burning their eyes and lungs, nearly 170 newly certified wildland firefighters ...