The Bureau of Land Management wildland firefighters started the second year of the Fire Science Career and Technical ...

That’s the order in which wildland firefighters prioritize ... This includes using hand tools to remove vegetation in order to create fire breaks as well as indirectly attacking the fire to ...

The destruction in parts of Altadena, a few miles to the west of Sierra Madre, and Pacific Palisades, which had burned in a ...

In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, with more than 16,000 homes and other structures damaged or destroyed by two fires in the Los Angeles area.

Ohio firefighters are in California in response to the state’s request for additional help to fight ongoing wildfires. Ohio ...

The crew is expected to begin work Monday. California fire managers requested their help for 14 days. A typical daily shift ...

COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on Jan. 24 he has dispatched a nine-person fire management team from the Ohio ...

Often this is done by hand, using chain saws, shovels, rakes, and Pulaskis (a combination ax and hoe that is unique to wildland ... of the tools firefighters use to intentionally set a fire.

According to a release from the governor’s office, fire managers in southern California sent out a request for additional ...

and it continues to be used by wildland firefighters to this day. The tool is a combination of a fire axe and an adze (or hoe), allowing firefighters to chop or dig with the flip of a wrist.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that he has dispatched a nine-person fire management team from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to assist firefighters battling the ...