On March 15, The Arizona Wildfire and Incident Management Academy (AWIMA) begins its 24th season in Prescott. The week-long academy offers all levels of ...

This is a one-day training for people interested in qualifying for the Wildland Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) certification. This training fulfills the requirements for the field exercise portion of S-130 ...

Corrections & clarifications: This story has been updated with the application status and pay for seasonal firefighters with Larimer County Emergency Services. A handful of the 36 students who ...

Wildland training academies help prepare firefighters-in-training for deployment in Arizona and possibly across the West. Fire agencies from cities and other agencies send firefighters to academies ...

Instructors at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy took advantage of mild Friday temperatures with an outdoor field day at the campus of University of Colorado at Colorado ...

MISSOULA — To become a wildland firefighter, you must pass the pack test. Often considered the most daunting requirement of wildland certification, the test requires fire trainees walk 3 miles in less ...

Members of the NoFloCo Fire Mitigation Posse recently had the opportunity to receive training from the Colorado Fire Camp in Salida. These 29 individuals participated in classroom and outdoor learning ...

The Garrison’s Cultural and Natural Resources Branch and the Directorate of Operations are working, through a cooperative agreement with the Corps of Engineers, to develop and coordinate an updated ...

For the Soldiers of the Wyoming National Guard’s Training Center Command, understanding how a wildfire moves can be the difference ...