A new funding effort is underway to train hundreds of formerly incarcerated men and women to become firefighters. The ...

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 ...

Inspired by her own experience, Mikaela Balkind created the training to empower young women to join the wildfire profession, ...

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.

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.

Forest Park firefighters completed critical live burn training exercises to ensure preparedness for emergencies.

COLUMBIA, MD - UL Research Institutes and its Fire Safety Research Institute announced a new firefighter training course to address the threats found in the wildland urban interface, also known as WUI ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids is getting its first dedicated firefighter training facility that officials say will provide realistic, hands-on training to ensure firefighters in the region are ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KTIV) - Dozens of people showed up at the new firefighter training facility in North Sioux City, Saturday, August 2. They came out to witness the official naming of the William ...

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 ...