HELENA, Mont. — A slew of legislation aimed at retaining Montana’s rural firefighting capacity is making its way to the state Senate. Another bill, House Bill 127, would indirectly support rural ...

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Small rural fire departments across North Carolina are struggling to recruit volunteer firefighters and pay for the rising cost of equipment. That’s prompting the state legislature to look more ...

MELVILLE, NY -- FIREHOUSE, the nation’s leading fire service brand in print, online and with its live events, announced today a new strategic partnership with the Rural Firefighting Academy (RFA).

Nov. 2—OKLAHOMA CITY — Rep. David Smith, R-Arpelar, last week held an interim study to examine issues surrounding recruiting and retaining volunteer rural firefighters. The packed study was held ...

(TNS) — Boulder County this week awarded about $2 million to mainly rural fire districts in the third round of fall grants from the Emergency Services Sales and Use Tax. The grants, approved Tuesday ...

particularly useful to indoctrinate fire officers, firefighters and pump operators into problem solving issues commonly found with the delivery of rural firefighting services. The student can work at ...

Tuolumne Utilities District staff are touting the recent addition of four new untreated water draft points designated for rural firefighting, which they are calling a cornerstone of its newly-adopted ...

Wildfire specialist skills and capability risk being lost, even as climate change escalates the hazards. Now, a new stocktake is about to start, in the shadow of a looming levy change for forest ...

The ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) has strengthened its bushfire response with two specialised firefighting helicopters, arriving just in time to ...