SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Department of the Interior is standing up a new, unified wildland firefighting entity. This week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the initial steps were complete ...

The Trump administration has taken the first steps in standing up its new, consolidated federal firefighting agency, despite Congress declining to fund it and voicing bipartisan reservations about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fires have razed 1,400 structures, caused widespread power outages, and even killed two people. (Photo/File) The Department of ...

The administration is consolidating the federal response to wildfires across the West, shifting 3,900 firefighters to the Wildland Fire Service. The Trump administration’s new wildfire agency is ...

A 2021 package provided the Interior Department $878 million for wildland fuels management over a five-year period. Interior Department agencies mishandled and in some cases misspent supplemental ...

A group of Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday asked Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to halt creation of a consolidated federal wildland fire service until he can explain how it improves on ...

While Orangeburg County fire officials say well-trained firefighters are important, new state standards set for interior firefighting could have a chilling impact on attracting new volunteers to an ...