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  • Drought Forces Okla. Firefighters to Prepare For Worse

    With drying-up water resources, responders are forced to plan how to conserve the most valuable weapon against fire in their arsenal.

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • Feds Rely on Local Help Fighting Fires on BLM Land

    Drought conditions, dry weather and federal spending cuts have federal firefighters on high alert and more dependent on local municipal fire departments to battle wildland fires.

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • Fla. Mail Carrier Becomes Firefighter to Save The Day

    A mail carrier in Marianna spotted a grass fire on the side of the road along his route and quickly extinguished it before it got into the nearby woods.

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • Fla. Firefighters Make Progress on Containing Wildfire

    The fire, known as the Durrance fire, grew to 1,000 acres near the Flagler-Volusia county line. But by Saturday night, firefighters had it 75 percent contained, according to the Florida Forest Service.

    News • March 4th, 2013

  • Fla. Wildfire Causes Evacuation And Interstate Closure

    A fast-growing wildfire is prompting evacuations at the Volusia-Flagler County Line and blocking traffic on Interstate 95.

    News • March 2nd, 2013

  • Texas Community Touts Fire Prevention Efforts

    The Sun City Community Association hosted a tour a national fire association to show off the community's award-winning efforts to prevent fires.

    News • March 2nd, 2013

  • OSHA Levies Fines in Idaho Forestry Firefighter LODD

    The fire management company has been cited for violations and fined by OSHA following a probe after the death of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter in Idaho last summer.

    News • February 14th, 2013

  • Mo. Assistant Chief Seriously Injured at Brush Fire
    Mo. Assistant Chief Seriously Injured at Brush Fire

    A Marshfield firefighter was injured Saturday after a branch from a burning tree fell on him.

    News • January 4th, 2012

  • Wildland Firefighter Jailed for Setting Calif. Fire

    RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- A U.S. Forest Service firefighter scheduled to start trial this week on arson charges accepted a plea agreement Monday. Daniel Mariano Madrigal was immediately sentenced to state prison after he accepted the deal, which...

    News • November 30th, 2011

  • Colorado Wildfire Contained; Evacuations Lifted

    BOULDER, Colo. -- Firefighters contained three wildfires in the foothills west of Boulder Saturday afternoon and evacuations were lifted for 160 homes. Reacting to high-fire conditions, including strong winds expected...

    News • November 13th, 2011

  • Calif. Residents Form Fire Preparedness Group

    POWAY, Calif. -- Members of one local community are taking extra steps to be prepared before another wildfire hits the region. The fires of 2003 and the Witch Fire of 2007 sent the county into a state of emergency and will forever be...

    News • November 10th, 2011

  • Esperanza Fire Remembered Five Years Later

    Family, friends and colleagues will gather today to remember the five firefighters killed by the Esperanza Fire in Cabazon, Calif.

    News • October 26th, 2011

  • San Diego Homes Are Still at Risk From Wildfires

    SAN DIEGO -- Four years after the devastating Witch Fire, some San Diego firefighters told 10News tens of thousands of homes are still at risk. On this day in 2007, smoke shrouded the sun as the Witch Fire destroyed more than 1,100 homes in...

    News • October 24th, 2011

  • Group Admits Mishandling Calif. Victim Funds

    SAN DIEGO -- Officials with the local chapter for Habitat for Humanity said on Tuesday that the organization made a mistake in handling donations for the 2007 wildfire victims. About $733,000 was raised but none of...

    News • October 19th, 2011

  • Texas Volunteers Recall Fighting Big Wildland Fire

    The Heart of the Pines Volunteer FD was right in the middle of the Bastrop County fire.

    News • October 12th, 2011

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