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Two firefighters are dead and another injured after a shooter opened fire as they tried to put out a wildfire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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The city wants to expand more stations to four-person engine staffing, but there's no money for growth in the upcoming year's budget.
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The National Firefighter Registry is perhaps the most ambitious effort to date to understand the connection between firefighting and cancer.
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Boise Fire’s Station 5 is now in service after a grand opening on Friday Oct. 18. The new station is equipped with upgrades that aim to help the city reach its sustainable energy goals.
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In a report to the Board of Land Commissioners, the head of the Fire Management said Idaho is struggling to hire enough firefighters for the upcoming wildfire season.
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The program allows first responders who are at least 50 years old to retire, wait 30 days and come back to work, while continuing to collect retirement benefits.
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On Tuesday, residents of Caldwell will be asked if they want to fund a $17.3 million bond to build two new fire stations.
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced $103 million to bolster wildfire risk reduction efforts and address the health risks faced by wildland firefighters while visiting the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise.
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A special group of aerial firefighters are likely to be very busy this summer. Idaho Matters sits down with reporter Madelyn Beck to find out why.
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This fire year is on track to be as extreme as the last few. At the same time, some Forest Service areas have had a hard time hiring enough wildland firefighters.