Plans to consolidate federal firefighting will inflict harm both to fire suppression efforts and other operations within the Interior Department, congressional Democrats warned on Wednesday, as ...

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 Trump administration has taken the first steps in standing up its new, consolidated federal firefighting agency, despite Congress declining to fund it and voicing bipartisan reservations about the ...

A group of Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday asked Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to halt creation of a consolidated federal wildland fire service until he can explain how it improves on ...