The new $CAD 8 million Canadian Prescribed Fire Training Program (CPFTP), is co-developed by the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus and the Weston Family Foundation.

After two decades studying wildfires across continents, and watching Europe burn every summer, I keep returning to the same uncomfortable conclusion: this is not a failure of the fire service or a ...

The European Commission has now distanced itself from the comments, saying Hoekstra misspoke and that there is no new 300-firefighter force being created or deployed. Hoekstra was actually talking ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller declared an Agriculture Emergency on Wednesday, stemming from alleged devastating losses to farmers in the state from wildfires. Large portions of the Texas ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced it appointed Sarah Fisher as its Deputy Chief for Fire and Aviation Management. She will now be responsible for all aspects of the Forest ...

Roads have long played an important role in managing fires on public lands, but newly published research found that roads have also increased wildfire ignitions and ecosystem damage.

The teams meet for the Fire Grand Challenge 2025, Conservation X Labs. Photo: Drew Bird Innovative projects that pair local communities with fire, technology and environmental industry experts have ...

A senior European Union official has announced a continent-wide wildland firefighting force but provided few details on how and where it would operate or how it will build upon current cooperative ...

The United States had far more wildfires, but far fewer acres burned, than normal in 2025, according to a newly released report. The National Interagency Fire Center, the home of U.S. wildland fire ...

A smoke plume from the McKinley Fire burning along the Parks Highway is seen from the highway on Sunday. Photo by Maureen Clark/Alaska Division of Forestry. Around 24,000 people die in the United ...