33 incarcerated women at Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp are volunteering to be on the front lines this wildfire season in ...

While Mikaela Balkind was working on her degree at the University of Washington in 2018, she was looking for a way to bridge her two interests in natural resource management and climate science. So ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BRIGHTON, N.Y. (WROC) — The Brighton Fire Department held its second annual Female Firefighter Field Day on Sunday. Through the ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Dozens of young women are spending their weekend in Tahlequah learning what it takes to become a firefighter through Camp Fierce, a program designed to inspire the next generation ...

Climate change is putting a growing number of people at risk of wildfire in the Great Plains and the Western U.S. The number of firefighters and fire management professionals has not kept up with that ...

Roughly 2 percent of the 280,000 firefighters across the country are women. In rural fire departments, the ratio is smaller. So, when a female firefighter reaches a ranking position, it is big news.

The 2025 Tulsa Metro Women on Fire calendar highlights the dedication and strength of female firefighters across Oklahoma. This marks the seventh edition of the calendar, created by Kendall Taylor and ...

BRIGHTON, N.Y. (WROC) — The Brighton Fire Department is holding its third annual Female Firefighter Field Day, and News 8’s Oran Spitzer got to preview some of the skills participants will learn. The ...

Carolyn Mitchell, Kansas City’s first Black female firefighter, has died at the age of 73. Kansas City Fire Department Carolyn Mitchell, Kansas City’s first Black female firefighter and “trailblazer ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The first Black female firefighter in Kansas City, Carolyn Mitchell, has died, the Kansas City Fire Department announced on social media Tuesday. She was 73 years old.