While Orangeburg County fire officials say well-trained firefighters are important, new state standards set for interior firefighting could have a chilling impact on attracting new volunteers to an ...

The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...

Kansas City firefighters found one person dead inside a home after a house fire Thursday morning. The cause is under investigation.

Arizona’s senators and governor have raised questions about the initial firefighting tactics used against the wildfire that started July 4 with a lightning strike. The Interior Department on Wednesday ...

A 2021 package provided the Interior Department $878 million for wildland fuels management over a five-year period. Interior Department agencies mishandled and in some cases misspent supplemental ...

BOISE, Idaho — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is calling for a new wildfire-fighting strategy that protects a wide swath of sagebrush country in the intermountain West that supports cattle ranching ...