Firefighter

The federal agency said dozens of firefighters earned $200 a day while working about 70 hours a week.

Forty firefighting professionals took part in a two week-long training program in the Deschutes National Forest in Central Oregon to gain hands-on experience with igniting prescribed fires.

You probably no longer blink an eye when an electric car passes by on the road. More novel battery-powered vehicles are soon joining the parade to help operators achieve their sustainability goals. Electric ferries are coming to Puget Sound and hybrid electric airplanes are being tested in Washington. Now, several Pacific Northwest fire departments have ordered their first electric fire trucks.

Three-day camp allows women to have hands-on experience, gain confidence, and explore a possible career in firefighting.

The Oregon Office of the State Fire Marshal has awarded $6 million in grants to local fire districts to hire firefighting staff during the 2022 wildfire season.

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

Since 2007, more than 50,000 new residents have moved into the Vancouver Fire Department's coverage area. Meanwhile, its roster of firefighters dropped from 190 and 182.

They were exposed to the coronavirus while attending a training session in late November.

A group of young Klamath Falls residents want to make their community more attractive to their generation. Then we discuss the challenges that face women firefighters. Last, we'll take up the shortages in Oregon's foster care system.

A local commercial photographer describes his first season as a wildland firefighter.