The study included four types of gloves, eight types of hoods and nine types of wildland firefighting gear, according to the report. “Researchers pulled the garments apart into 32 textile samples and ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A major fire at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California sent up flames of ...
the state forestry department and the Los Angeles County fire department operate 35 “fire camps” where inmates can become certified wildland firefighters. When deployed, those firefighters earn from ...
Young participants can earn the title of Junior Wildland Firefighter for the day by completing various stations, collecting stamps in their Prescribed Fire Fest passports, and engaging with ...
At least 25 people have died. The threat of fire is growing, especially in zones known as the wildland-urban interface, or WUI. That’s where unoccupied wildland and human developments meet and mingle.
and August 2023 Lahaina Fire in Maui, which took more than 100 lives and cost about $5.5 billion in damages. The Maui Wildfire was the fifth deadliest wildland fire in U.S. history, destroying ...