More than 600 gallons of water drop from above, targeting what could be a fast-moving wildland fire, part of a training exercise designed to prepare crews for real emergencies at ...

When a wildland fire turns a rugged backcountry canyon into a literal hellscape, the standard rules of rescue go out the window. Helicopters are often grounded by heavy smoke inversions, and ...

Training wildland firefighters| Grass lands| Urban wildfire risk | Investing in high-risk areas (coming soon) Rebuilding or not (coming soon) | Wildfire forecast (coming soon) PRESCOTT — A cacophony ...

Wildland training academies help prepare firefighters-in-training for deployment in Arizona and possibly across the West. Fire agencies from cities and other agencies send firefighters to academies ...