MISSION — When Raymond Huesties first became a firefighter for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern Oregon, he didn’t really have much of a choice. “My boss gave me a ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Firefighters across Reno County, along with the Kansas Forest Service, participated in drip torch training on Saturday. Reno County Emergency Management says firefighters from ...

Sometimes it can be productive to burn. Sometimes it can even be a career. For those who do want to earn a living using a drip torch, The Nature Conservancy in Alabama offers yearly training in ...

Nick Aschenwald, with the Montana DNRC, uses a drip torch to ignite bunch grass during a prescribed burn at Lone Pine State Park in Kalispell on Thursday, April 7. Held in conjunction with Montana ...

Department of Natural Resources firefighters from Colville head out Tuesday to do a 108-acre prescribed burn on a hillside near Springdale, Wash. Giving the natural forest an assist, Department of ...

Hotshot firefighter uses drip torch to battle Dixie Fire A firefighter from the Stanislaus National Forest Hotshot crew used a drip torch to eliminate fuels between the fire and Crescent Mills, near ...

On a warm, dry day last week, prescribed burn coordinator Zachary O’Donnell ignited his drip torch and passed it to the landowner. They stood on the edge of a forest, somewhere between Marion and Old ...

Graham Fire & Rescue’s new lawn mower has a distinct feature: horns. Pat, a female sheep (ewe) with horns, has moved to Station 96 at 12827 224th St. E. She shares about two acres of land with her new ...

The Nature Conservancy in Alabama conducts training on controlled burns in Bibb County, Ala., for those interested in using fire as a land management tool. (TNS) - Sometimes it can be productive to ...