Masks are still prohibited during firefighters’ most grueling tasks — digging lines to stop fires and directly attacking ...

Firefighters will now be able to use N95 masks on the fireline – building on a more limited, voluntary rollout of masking ...

The U.S. Forest Service is introducing N95 masks and new decontamination protocols to protect wildland firefighters.

The U.S. Forest Service has announced it is reversing a ban on federal firefighters wearing masks, and will give crews protective N95s as they battle increasingly intense fires across the nation. For ...

The U.S. Forest Service will begin providing wildfire crews with masks to protect against smoke, reversing a decades-long policy banning protective gear after The New York Times spotlighted severe ...

The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they want to — something Washington’s state wildland firefighters have been able to ...

Volunteer firefighters across Talbot County will soon benefit from new technology designed to keep them safer on the job. At a recent Fire Chiefs Committee meeting, fire chiefs gathered around their ...

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Alan Gudino, right, shields his face while battling the Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County in July. (Noah Berger / Associated Press) The U.S. Forest Service has ...