Nine geographic-area fire chiefs named for the new U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to industry reporting.

With wildfires already raging across country, consolidated wildland fire service critics ask what problems it would solve.

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Department of the Interior is standing up a new, unified wildland firefighting entity. This week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the initial steps were complete ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fires have razed 1,400 structures, caused widespread power outages, and even killed two people. (Photo/File) The Department of ...

Arizona’s senators and governor have raised questions about the initial firefighting tactics used against the wildfire that started July 4 with a lightning strike. The Interior Department on Wednesday ...

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 ...