A new funding effort is underway to train hundreds or formerly incarcerated men and women to become firefighters. The programs come as the state continues to experience a firefighter shortage, nearly ...

A group of 14 women, some of whom were inmates or former foster kids, became the first all-female class to graduate from a Los Angeles County firefighter training program. "I never thought I would be ...

I was 32 years old when I became a career firefighter. My only regret about going into the fire service is that I did not start it sooner in my life. I love being a firefighter, and want to share my ...

When Linda Wadleigh was a forestry major at Utah State University she came upon her first summer job as a firefighter, a role that led to a 30-year career in wildland fire management with the U.S.