New research quantifies the health risks of wildland-urban interface fires, showing fire emissions in populated areas are three times more likely to lead to annual premature deaths than emissions from ...

A research team led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has published a foundational inventory of emissions produced by structures destroyed by ...

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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Discover Your Northwest has announced the inaugural Youth Wildland Fire Career Camp, a free, multi-day program designed to introduce youth ages 16-20 to the exciting and diverse ...

A group of US Forest Service firemen walk down a road after a fire in the Los Padres National Forest in California. A new federal organization called the U.S. Wildland Fire Service has been ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A structure fire sparked a wildland fire in the Allenspark area near mile marker 10 of Highway 7 on Monday afternoon. Just after 2 p.m. on Monday, the Allenspark Fire Protection ...

Congress recently passed a bill that does not include funding for the new U.S. Wildland Fire Service. Credit: Kevin Carter via Getty Images Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in ...

Stephen Helzer practices deploying his protective fire shelter during a training simulation at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado ...

U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Jan. 12 signed an order establishing the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, a unification of programs previously part of six DOI agencies and offices.

As fires burn the landscape, they spew airborne gases and particles, though their impact on air pollution might be underestimated. A study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology reports that, ...

Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Chief Brian Fennessy will retire on January 2, 2026, to become the inaugural Director of the newly established United States Wildland Fire Service (USWFS). The new ...

Wildfires have increased and leave landscapes, homes and livelihoods damaged. Washington needs a state-managed Wildfire Victims Fund funded by utility surcharge. Fund speeds recovery after fires but ...