Above: SaberSpearâ„¢ Wildland Firefighting Kit P/N 54503 shown here. Frontline Equipment Technologies LLC announced the release of three new Wildland Firefighting Tools to the U.S. fire service for ...

Firefighters are tasked with being an all-hazards emergency service practitioner. We are mandated with being a jack of all trades, master of all. From fire suppression and rescue to hazmat and EMS, ...

Barcelona, July 14 th, 2025 – Vallfirest, a global leader in wildland firefighting equipment and innovation, has announced the acquisition of Aerial Fire Control PTY LTD, an Australian-based company ...

Two Idaho men have been charged with federal fraud and conspiracy charges after an alleged scheme to rig contract prices for firefighting equipment used by the U.S. Forest Service. In a news release ...

The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...

Gem County Fire District #1 last week announced that it was awarded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) for the 2023 cycle, totaling $102,765. This vital funding enabled the rural fire district ...

Former and current federal firefighters say they welcome the proposed changes, but worry that the wrong respirator or mask could make an already strenuous job more difficult.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With fire season basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded. Jenn McCarthy has worked as a ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according ...

President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the federal workforce make a notable exception for public safety staff, including those who fight wildland fires. But ongoing cuts, funding freezes ...

While Mikaela Balkind was working on her degree at the University of Washington in 2018, she was looking for a way to bridge ...

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