Brian Fennessy has nearly 50 years of fire experience, which began in the late 1970s on elite federal hotshot crews and other ...

I met a guy in college who worked on a wildfire hotshot crew during the summer. It was a role he had pursued since graduating high school, dedicating his summers to protecting homes, communities, and ...

Twelve years ago, 19 wildland firefighters perished while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire outside of Prescott in northern Arizona. The big picture: It was the largest loss of life among U.S.

Centuries of misguided policy, politics and prejudice have primed the land for the unprecedented infernos that wildland firefighters now face every year. (Jordan Thomas/ Penguin Publishing Group) What ...

Brian Fennessy has told his colleagues at the Orange County Fire Authority that he is retiring as head of the agency in ...

Aug. 11—A 27-year-old firefighter from Michigan was killed Wednesday while fighting a fire north of Crater Lake, officials announced Thursday. "With heavy hearts we share that wildland firefighter ...

Chief Brian Fennessy will retire on January 2, 2026, to become the inaugural Director of the newly established United States ...

Koch retired from his paid wildland fire career with the federal government when he was 27 years old. He now runs his family ...

I had a rewarding and successful wildland fire and fuels management career, and I feel the ultimate opportunity for giving back is in helping to develop the next generation of wildland fire and ...