Governor Sarah Sanders to deploy Arkansas Forestry Personnel for wildfire response.

The U.S. Forest Service fired 2,000 probationary workers. The agency says none were "operational firefighters," but some helped battle wildfires.

The new facility is part of Texas A&M's capital investment to build new forest service facilities across the state

Shawnee County fire departments respond to scene.

Fighting wildfires is a massive logistical challenge—a high-stakes puzzle where every move counts. At their core, wildfires are optimization problems: How do you allocate limited resources like water, personnel, and aircraft to have the greatest impact?

Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders has authorized forestry personnel to assist in Oklahoma's wildfire suppression efforts.

The Idaho Capital Sun reports a new round of state budget cuts approved by the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee will likely force the state to hire fewer seasonal firefighters and cut back on fire

As cooler, wetter fall weather settles in, promising to extinguish the few remaining major wildfires still burning in Washington, Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove stated that, “this was a pretty typical fire season.” Typical is encouraging ...

In 1960, the U.S. Forest Service started keeping detailed records of damade caused by wildfires. During the first 40 years of record keeping, between 1960 and 1999, wildfires destroyed nearly 141 million acres of land in the United States. Between 2000 and ...

A volatile wildfire threat is unfolding across the southern Plains this week, with the largest blaze early in the 2026 wildfire season, the Ranger Road Fire, scorching huge swaths of land in western Oklahoma and southwestern Kansas.