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...
Jul 27, 2018 | News, News/PR
Arkansas fire departments will be better equipped to fight wildfires in the coming months as the state enters what is traditionally the summer wildfire season. The Arkansas Forestry Commission announced Wednesday it had received $200,000 from the U.S. Forest Service...
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...