The thing about the “United States” is that — until recently — it was part of our national ethos to look after one another.

Eighteen Connecticut residents and two from Rhode Island mobilized to help fight wildfires in Alaska, according to state ...

The team consists 18 members from the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew, DEEP said, along with 2 members from the Rhode Island ...

A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope ...

Last week, a 20-person crew of Massachusetts wildland firefighters was sent to assist in putting out significant wildfires in ...

Local firefighters have been sent to Alaska to battle a significant wildfire in the far northwestern state as part of a ...

The majority of incidents were “just small grass fires” that the fire department quickly extinguished, an official said.

Cody Smeaton, a call firefighter for Westport, is currently deployed to Alaska. He joins a crew from DCR and MassWildlife fighting wildfires in the state's interior. A Westport firefighter is among a ...

After decades in Fairbanks and even a few close calls in wildfire country, it wasn’t until my son joined the North Star fire ...

A cultural burn in Fort Yukon, Alaska in May 2024. The wildland fire community, along with governments, policy makers, and ...

Twenty-nine homes, along with 34 other structures, have been lost in the fires near Healy since they began last month, ...