It’s no secret that Southern Colorado is prone to wildfires, and the Wildland Fire Department’s firefighters don’t take a ...

Its purpose is to show how conditions such as wind speed and direction can affect a fire's spread and to show how firefighters use firelines and backfires to control a wildland fire.

Successfully fighting a wildfire requires more than people digging line or cutting fire breaks with chainsaws. It also ...

The U.S. Forest Service employs more than 11,000 people in its wildland fire program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website, and historically has had a hard time hiring and retai ...