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Basic Wildland Firefighter Training - FFT2 Red Card Certification

This is a one-day training for people interested in qualifying for the Wildland Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) certification. This training fulfills the requirements for the field exercise portion of S-130 ...
KLTV

Kilgore College hosts wildland firefighting course for firefighters from East Texas and beyond

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - Firefighters from East Texas and other states gathered in Kilgore today to complete a course teaching them the basics of wildland firefighting. Participants learned about the ...
The Saratogian

Hochul announces funding for wildland firefighter training

NEW YORK — Governor Kathy Hochul has announced New York’s Volunteer Firefighter Training Stipend program is being expanded to reimburse costs related to Basic Wildland Fire Suppression for ...
Yahoo

Training academy prepares wildland firefighters for Arizona's long summer of wildfires

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 ...
KTVZ

A novel way to spend spring break: Youth Wildland Fire Career Camp to debut in Central Oregon

Discover Your Northwest has announced the inaugural Youth Wildland Fire Career Camp, a free, multi-day program designed to ...
ABC30 Action News

Heartland Alt. High students given opportunity to build skills for a career in wildland firefighting

SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- On a sunny weekday morning, along the quiet Kings River, Heartland High School students hopped out of a van, grabbed their gear, gloved up and adjusted their helmets to head ...
WTEN

Firefighter stipend program expanded for wildfire training

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– The New York Volunteer Firefighter Training Stipend program has been expanded to reimburse $250, per student, in costs related to Basic Wildland Fire Suppression Training, ...
Federal News Network

Interior Dept blazes ahead on unified wildland firefighting agency, without Congress endorsing plans

The Wildland Fire Service also stops short of folding in wildland fire personnel or programs from the USDA’s Forest Service.
Colorado Public Radio

Feds combine several wildland firefighting operations into new Wildland Fire Service

The federal government will combine its wildland firefighting operations within the Interior Department into a single new agency, dubbed the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to memos released ...
Yahoo

Western Oregon wildland firefighters get hands-on training ahead of fire season

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Western Oregon wildland firefighters wrapped up their field training June 27 as Oregon begins its 2025 wildfire season. The annual ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Voices: We need to learn to live with wildland fire. As a firefighter, here is what Utahns can do to help keep each other safe.

I had a rewarding and successful wildland fire and fuels management career, and I feel the ultimate opportunity for giving back is in helping to develop the next generation of wildland fire and ...