The FIRELITE® Transport FDHP-300 series skid units are made for budget-minded departments looking for a low-cost brush truck to add to their fleet of apparatus.

KIMTEK Corporation has introduced the FCW-206 FIRELITE Compact Wildfire UTV Skid Unit, the latest addition to its popular line of wildland fire skid units designed exclusively for UTV side-by-side ...

The Oklahoma Fire Department Air Tactical Unit (ATU) completed a training course this week enhancing its wildland firefighting and rescue capabilities.

Three Type 6 Wildland Fire Engines designed specifically for combating wildfires. ... Eight UTVs outfitted with skid units and water tanks for improved wildfire response in hard-to-reach areas.

HFD said at 3:38 p.m., a second wildland fire started in the nearby vicinity. Seven units, along with the federal fire department and ARFF also responded to this incident.

There is a lot of discussion about how adding accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to single family homes in the wildland-urban interface will affect fire safety in those neighborhoods.

UPDATE June 19 8:28 p.m. The evacuation order for the Scotts Fire has been reduced to a warning, the Lake County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook on Wednesday evening. The Sheriff's Office also ...

On Tuesday, a wildland area in Baltimore County's Loch Raven Reservoir caught on fire, according to Baltimore County Fire Department.Crews responded to the sce ...

Three units with 10 personnel initially responded. Eventually, another unit and four more personnel were dispatched to the scene. The 2.5-acre fire was contained by 3:23 p.m., according to HFD.

(Editorial - Graphic Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection) Fall fire season is fast approaching in West Virginia. It begins Oct. 1 (though the ongoing drought has made conditions dangerous already).

The number of homes in fire-prone parts of the West soared from 10 million in 1990 to 16 million today, a big reason wildfires are causing more destruction.

The Forrest County Board of Supervisors also gave Macedonia ARPA funds totaling $12,000 to purchase a ‘skid unit,’ which transforms a regular pick-up truck into a fire apparatus.