Dangerous, frontline firefighting jobs may get a bit safer thanks to new heat-sensing sensors designed by NASA. The sensors ...

Wildland firefighting is a coordinated effort. Like players on a sports team or musicians in an orchestra, hand crews, smokejumpers, water tenders, fire engines, helicopters, airtankers, and heavy ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — 73 volunteer fire departments across the state, including two dozen in Central Illinois, are ...

With wildfire season coming soon, NASA researchers are attempting to give firefighters additional safety measures through low-cost thermal sensors that are installed on fire bulldozers. These sensors ...

The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) has announced the recipients of the 2026 Small Equipment Grant Program.

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If you're using the terms "fire truck" and "fire engine" interchangeably, you're missing an important distinction between ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. — Fort Hunter Liggett recently provided three heavy equipment operators and two firefighters for a 12-day deployment to support the Madre Fire in the Los Padres National Forest’s ...