Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters use more than just water to battle flames. They rely on a variety of specialized tools, including equipment carried ...

The European Union isn’t known for firefighting expertise. But with the continent ablaze, Brussels is playing a growing role.

Multiple fire departments responded to a report of a structure fire at 9:11 p.m. Sept. 16 in the 700 Building at ND Papers in Biron.

When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough ...

The aircraft was responding to the Widemouth 2 fire, which has burned more than 100,000 acres since starting last month. By Reis Thebault A helicopter battling one of the nation’s largest active ...

The wildfire season in the western U.S. is one of the worst on record. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Justin Brown, a wildland firefighter, about the challenges in tackling today's blazes.

An initial report on the deaths of three wildland firefighters in late June sheds light on the extreme and dangerous conditions they faced. On June 27, members of the Rifle Interagency Helitack Crew ...

FILLMORE, Utah (ABC4) — The family of an Iowa man identified him as one of two firefighters who died in a helicopter crash while fighting the Widemouth 2 Fire last week. Chris Anderson, 64, was a U.S.

A team of firefighters with the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is helping with wildfire suppression efforts in Minnesota, as wildfires continue to rage across Canada and the ...

Firefighters use more than just water to battle flames. They rely on a variety of specialized tools, including equipment carried on brush trucks, to help stop wildfires from spreading. The fight ...