Aug 17, 2018 | News, News/PR
Last week, nearly 100 firefighters from across Texas loaded up and headed west to join thousands of colleagues in an extended battle against massive wildfires burning across Northern California, one of which has become the largest in that state’s history. While the...
Aug 13, 2018 | News, News/PR
A large group of firefighters from 20 different Texas counties are heading to California to help battle the wildfires. ABC7 reported that around 98 firefighters are being deployed from 29 different fire departments around the state in an activation of the Texas...
Aug 6, 2018 | News, News/PR
As thousands more people in Northern California fled their homes as wildfires surge, Florida is sending more firefighters to help battle raging wildfires in California. As of Wednesday, the Florida Forest Service had sent 75 firefighters to California, as well as...
Nov 3, 2017 | News, News/PR
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation that would make it harder for environmentalists to derail federal forest management plans. The measure passed 232-188. Ten Democrats supported the measure; nine Republicans opposed it. A member of the...
Aug 5, 2015 | News, News/PR
Responding to a request from the U.S. Forest Service, the South Carolina Forestry Commission has sent seven of its wildland firefighters to join crews battling more than 30 wildfires around Redding, Calif. Accompanied by three members of the Horry County Fire Rescue...