NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – At the Springer Correctional Center in northern New Mexico, women inmates are getting hands-on training in wildland firefighting. The New Mexico Corrections Department’s recently ...

A group of 14 women, some of whom were inmates or former foster kids, became the first all-female class to graduate from an LA County firefighter training program.

To become a wildland firefighter, you must pass the pack test. Often considered the most daunting requirement of wildland ...

When Linda Wadleigh was a forestry major at Utah State University she came upon her first summer job as a firefighter, a role that led to a 30-year career in wildland fire management with the U.S.

In order to become a wildland firefighter, you have to pass the pack test.This requires trainees walk three miles in less than 45 minutes while carrying a 45-po ...

A group of 14 women, some of whom were inmates or former foster kids, became the first all-female class to graduate from an ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill — Two women firefighters from the Galena Fire Department recently attended the yearly training event hosted by the Fire Service Women of Illinois at the Illinois Fire Service Institute ...

At 53 years old, she put on the gear for the first time; it wasn’t just about fighting fires—it was about proving something to herself. Lillie Sims, now the oldest firefighter recruit to complete ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection will welcome 40 students Monday to its brand new firefighter training facility in Merced County as part of a multiyear push to bolster its ...

Jason Moore explains how various technology platforms, from virtual- or augmented-reality, AI or digital twins, can enhance ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Thick black smoke clawed at the sky last week over the industrial zone in Pakistan’s largest city as firefighter Syeda Masooma Zaidi raced toward the raging blaze in Karachi.