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

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

The 2,000-acre fire and others north of the Brooks Range fit a pattern of increasing wildfires in the treeless landscape.

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

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

Alaska National Guard service members activated June 20 in support of local, state and federal efforts to contain fires ...

The Alaska Incident Management Team 2, which assumed operational command of the complex on Monday, will host a public meeting ...

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

With the July Fourth holiday weekend underway, fire officials urged the public to remember that restrictions affecting ...

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 ...

GROTON — Local firefighters have been sent to Alaska to battle a significant wildfire in the far northwestern state as part of a 20-person crew organized by the Massachusetts Department of ...

A trio of firefighters tasked with battling a large wildfire in Interior Alaska were injured Friday morning in a boating incident, state officials said.