A new funding effort is underway to train hundreds or formerly incarcerated men and women to become firefighters. The programs come as the state continues to experience a firefighter shortage, nearly ...

A camp that prepared women to become wildland firefighters has been paused because of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal ...

I was 32 years old when I became a career firefighter. My only regret about going into the fire service is that I did not start it sooner in my life. I love being a firefighter, and want to share my ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday afternoon to reform California's inmate firefighter program. "Inmates who have stood on the frontlines battling historic fires should ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture have announced the coordinated action to implement President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14308, Empowering ...

California’s century-old prisoner firefighter program is drawing fresh criticism as hundreds of incarcerated people have been deployed to fight the deadly wildfires in the Greater Los Angeles area. As ...

UTAH - High school students in Utah are getting a unique opportunity to train as future firefighters through a new program aimed at improving firefighter recruitment. This initiative allows students ...

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates. Multiple ...

The Twin Cities Female Firefighter Fitness Program (TCF3) trains participants to meet the physical demands of the job, with the goal of increasing the number of women firefighters. With women making ...