Firefighters

This interview originally aired Sept. 15, 2020.For folks in the fire science world, the smoke that has engulfed most of the western United States is not…

At one point, Blaine County, home to Sun Valley, had the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 cases in the entire country. It required an all-hands-on deck…

The U.S. Forest Service is rethinking how it employs firefighters.

When more than 2,000 firefighters start climbing 69 flights of stairs in Seattle on March 8, each one will have their own reasons why they race to the top…

Wildland firefighters spend the summer season working in the state and beyond, but fires don't just end by the start of the new school year. Boise State…

When wildfires rage, it’s pretty routine to share fire suppression crews across state lines. It turns out that sharing firefighters across national…

Cassandra Fleckenstein is the center manager at the Vale District for the Bureau of Land Management. She's been in fire since 2006, getting started as a…

We’ve had a brutal fire season this year. The fires still burning across California have left more than 80 dead, and hundreds are still missing. Amidst…

Idaho Democratic representative Mat Erpelding has introduced legislation that would provide coverage for first responders who suffer from PTSD as a result…

An Idaho inmate is being held without bail after a woman accused him of raping her at a wildfire camp in August.The Idaho Department of Correction has…