DUBLIN, Calif. — More than 28 newly recruited firefighters from the Alameda County Fire (ALCO Fire) Department participated in a comprehensive wildland firefighting training at Parks Reserve Forces ...
A firefighting training program designed primarily for women hopes to diversify the industry and to attract more people to firefighting overall. Climate change is putting a growing number of people at ...
Scott Mackeben was just a rookie on the Palatine Fire Department when he remembers talk of a regional firefighter training center on the nearby Harper College campus. In the ensuing years, fire chiefs ...
I was 32 years old when I became a career firefighter. My only regret about going into the fire service is that I did not start it sooner in my life. I love being a firefighter, and want to share my ...
Climate change is putting a growing number of people at risk of wildfire in the Great Plains and the Western U.S. The number of firefighters and fire management professionals has not kept up with that ...
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — 73 volunteer fire departments across the state, including two dozen in Central Illinois, are ...
NEW YORK STATE (WRGB) — Governor Kathy Hochul announced Saturday that New York’s Volunteer Firefighter Training Stipend program is being expanded to reimburse costs related to Basic Wildland Fire ...
Firefighting training brings Army, Air Guard crews together in Great Falls ...