Wildland training academies help prepare firefighters-in-training for deployment in Arizona and possibly across the West. Fire agencies from cities and other agencies send firefighters to academies ...

This is a one-day training for people interested in qualifying for the Wildland Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) certification. This training fulfills the requirements for the field exercise portion of S-130 ...

NEW YORK — Governor Kathy Hochul has announced New York’s Volunteer Firefighter Training Stipend program is being expanded to reimburse costs related to Basic Wildland Fire Suppression for ...

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (KELO) — Crews in western KELOLAND are teaming up to get ready for wildfire season. Blackhawk helicopters were the focus of today’s training out at the Army Aviation Facility in Hot ...

RAPID CITY S.D. (KELO) –The Rapid City Fire Department is doing wildland fire training off of Catron Boulevard – on the edge of town. It’s a controlled simulation, but it helps firefighters prepare ...

On Monday, April 21, Tuesday, April 22, and Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Monterey Fire Department, along with partner agencies, will be conducting the annual wildland refresher ...

Training wildland firefighters| Grass lands| Urban wildfire risk | Investing in high-risk areas (coming soon) Rebuilding or not (coming soon) | Wildfire forecast (coming soon) PRESCOTT — A cacophony ...

Two firefighters from Washington County went to Shippensburg this week to participate in the Pennsylvania Wildland Fire Academy. Attending were South Strabane firefighter Wesley Attwood and Jacob Coen ...

PRESCOTT — A cacophony of chainsaws and shovels hitting the earth filled the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campus grounds as wildland firefighters-in-training, clad in bright yellow jackets and ...