By Harrison Tasoff, UCSB What happens when a sharp, young anthropologist joins an elite wildland firefighting crew — when scholarship co-mingles with blood, burns and sweat on the frontlines of […] ...

Abigail Varney is a member of a Forest Service Hotshot crew. The elite group of wildland firefighters perform some of the ...

I met a guy in college who worked on a wildfire hotshot crew during the summer. It was a role he had pursued since graduating high school, dedicating his summers to protecting homes, communities, and ...

From 2000 to 2010, River Selby was a wildland firefighter whose given name was Anastasia. This is a memoir of that time in their life--of Ana, the struggles she encountered, and the constraints of ...

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The Labor Mountain Fire continues to grow near US-96 Blewett Pass, forcing Level 3 "get out now" evacuation orders in and ...

The fire was first reported at 11:47 a.m. Saturday by Angeles National Forest officials on X, formerly Twitter. Its location ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. As one of the most fire-prone states in the nation, Montana saw 2,322 wildfires burn 352,491 ...

I had a rewarding and successful wildland fire and fuels management career, and I feel the ultimate opportunity for giving back is in helping to develop the next generation of wildland fire and ...

At the height of wildfire season, thousands of firefighters regularly face a host of dangers on the frontline, including confronting toxic smoke. As seasons grow longer and more intense, the health of ...

A firefighter has died after suffering a "cardiac emergency" while battling a blaze in northern Arizona, officials said.

According to the Idaho Department of Lands, Oscarson was killed in the line of duty on Friday, Sept. 26, after being struck ...