Firefighters Struggle to Contain Wildfires
Digest more
National forest firefighters are using drones to spot where wildfires burn at night and where fires are growing and spreading. Here's what they see.
The U.S. Forest Service faced criticism from current and former employees who say federal workforce reductions under the Trump administration have left fire teams understaffed, as the country grapples with decade-high U.
Firefighters had to bring their own water, Skokie Fire Chief Hoeflich says, recalling 40-year career
Water wasn’t always available at the scene of a fire when Jeffrey Hoeflich began his career as a firefighter in Woodstock, and neither was payment for his first shifts as an on-call
Providence St. Jude Medical Center is the first to partner with a fire department to conduct the test with every firefighter in the agency.
As of July 22, firefighters expanded containment efforts for both of the wildfires that scorched over 70,000 acres in far northern Arizona.
Firefighters have put out a fire inside derelict railway carriages in Stoke-on-Trent. Crews were called to land off Shelton New Road at 23:15 BST on Saturday, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said. The fire engulfed three carriages, and required three hose reel jets and two main jets to extinguish.
3d
WCJB TV20 on MSNOcala firefighters return home from helping Texas residents following devastating floods
Firefighters from Ocala are returning home after going to the state of Texas to help with the floods that occurred in the state this month. The firefighters, apart of the Florida Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 8 team,
The West Hartford Fire Department quickly controlled a fire on Linbrook Road after firefighters observed smoke and flames coming from the rooftop where the solar panels were located, shortly before 1 p.m. According to the fire department, “Captain Ben Coker deployed a 1¾-inch hand line into the residence and advanced to the finished attic.