Wildfire Suppression

The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.

Employees warn that recent firings could weaken protections for public lands.

Terminated Forest Service workers said the thousands of layoffs will mean less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.

Private efforts to combat wildfires are not just for the superrich – many work for insurers seeking to minimize the policies they'd have to pay out

The Los Angeles area fires represent a worst-case scenario. But fire experts, past reports and risk assessments had all anticipated a wildfire catastrophe to some degree.

Smoke exposure, researchers have found, raises the risk of dementia, poor mental health, fertility problems, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Sarah Jakober is a U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter who serves on the Grand Ronde Rappel Crew based in Grande, Oregon. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on being a wildland firefighter. Jakober provides a window into a day on the job as climate change lengthens wildfire seasons and intensifies their impact.

Wildfires in Southern California have spread amid strong winds and hot, dry conditions. Firefighters are also battling a fire just south of Reno, Nevada.

FOREST RANCH, Calif. — Firefighters made progress and were helped by improving weather over the weekend in the battle against wildfires covering massive areas in the western United States, but further evacuations have been necessary as thousands of personnel tackle the flames. The Park Fire, the largest wildfire in California

The latest updates on active fires across the U.S., including historical data, future risk areas, costs and more.

In 2018, fuel breaks helped shield parts of Butte County from the Camp Fire. They can play a vital role in future California wildfires.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque is no longer under a court order that limited how the city handles homeless encampments. It comes after a ...

The first red flag was raised as soon as Lars Jorgensen was hired. On June 20, 2012, within hours of news breaking that Jorgensen had joined the University of Kentucky swimming program as an associate head coach, a former assistant coach at the University of Toledo messaged Kentucky head coach ...

NASA is now an associate member of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, giving the agency new opportunities to collaborate with federal agencies and

A family who tried to have a cute photoshoot to show off the gender of their unborn baby accidentally started a wildfire that cost a firefighter his life.

Be it highway or dirt track, our infrastructure has become an ecological disaster. Ben Goldfarb's Crossings catalogs the devastation.

Quokkas residing in the Northern Jarrah Forest, Western Australia have been found to be using fire exclusion zones to ensure their own safety and longevity.

An environmental-protection bill championed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has bipartisan support but faces stiff opposition from some advocates.

A level 3 evacuation "go now" was issued for all residents of Mount Tom in response to an active field fire on Priceboro Drive outside of Harrisburg.

Oregon State University research into the ability of a wildfire to improve the health of a forest uncovered a Goldilocks effect—unless a blaze falls in a narrow severity range, neither too hot nor too cold, it isn't very good at helping forest landscapes return to their historical, more fire-tolerant conditions.