Former and current federal firefighters say they welcome the proposed changes but worry that the wrong respirator or mask could make an already strenuous job more difficult.

I met a guy in college who worked on a wildfire hotshot crew during the summer. It was a role he had pursued since graduating high school, dedicating his summers to protecting homes, communities, and ...

For years, federal wildland firefighters have worked long, dangerous shifts with almost no protection from the thick smoke around them.

Centuries of misguided policy, politics and prejudice have primed the land for the unprecedented infernos that wildland firefighters now face every year. (Jordan Thomas/ Penguin Publishing Group) What ...

At the height of wildfire season, thousands of firefighters regularly face a host of dangers on the frontline, including confronting toxic smoke. As seasons grow longer and more intense, the health of ...

From 2000 to 2010, River Selby was a wildland firefighter whose given name was Anastasia. This is a memoir of that time in their life--of Ana, the struggles she encountered, and the constraints of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. As one of the most fire-prone states in the nation, Montana saw 2,322 wildfires burn 352,491 ...