Fire is influenced by hot temperatures, dry conditions, and wind. Sometimes when a wildfire sparks, there is no easy way to access the burn — that’s where smoke jumpers come in.

MISSOULA, Mont. - The busy fire season has a local fire fighting company in dire need for crew members. Wildcat Fire Suppression owns 11 fire trucks, yet it only has enough firefighters to man eight ...

A 91-year-old smokejumper who completed an impressive 333 missions over a three-decade career was honored in the wildland firefighting community Sunday. William Yensen, known as "Wild Bill" since his ...

BOISE, Idaho • Their hands were clean. Months from now, they would be covered in ash, their white fingernails contrasted by burnt earth ground into their fingers. By August, the only memory of today’s ...

Several new wildfires reported Friday in wilderness areas around Whatcom County. Watch Duty Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald Four small wildfires have been contained in the Mount Baker wilderness ...

A unique fraternity of first responders gathered Tuesday, Aug. 6, to pay respects to more than a dozen men whose sacrifice 75 years ago this week still impacts firefighting today. On Aug. 5, 1949, 13 ...

Originally published March 30 on KTVB.COM. CALDWELL — A 91-year-old smokejumper who completed 333 missions over a three-decade career was honored in the wildland firefighting community Sunday.