The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced permanent pay increases for federal and tribal wildland firefighters. The pay boost, part of...
READ MOREFirefighters Knock Down Wind-Driven Brush Fire on Long Island but Risk Remains With High Winds
by Dan Landrigan | Mar 10, 2025 | Associated Press, News
Firefighters in New York knocked down a dwindling brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday as officials warned that high wind...
READ MORENC Wildfires: ‘Things Have Been Brought to Our Door’
by Dan Landrigan | Mar 10, 2025 | Firefighting
Sara Gregory The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) TRYON, N.C. — The downed power line that sparked a wildfire here that ultimately burned...
READ MOREUS Forest Service Firings Decimate Already Understaffed Agency
by Dan Landrigan | Mar 4, 2025 | Associated Press, News
Katie Myers, Izzy Ross, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Grist Seattle, WA (Grist) On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room...
READ MOREJapan Fights a Wildfire That Has Damaged Dozens of Homes and Caused Hundreds to Evacuate
by Dan Landrigan | Mar 3, 2025 | Associated Press, News
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of...
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