Firefighters

Firefighters in Montana are hoping to have health insurance cover illnesses like cancer and Post-traumatic stress disorder.

On the week of 9-11, the U.S. Post Office chose Missoula, Montana the home of the Smokejumpers Center as the one place in America to introduce a new stamp honoring first responders.

Every year the Missoula Fire Department takes on the Rural Fire Department for a fun charity hockey game.

For the past two years over 1,000 people have been in attendance for this fun free family event.

Firefighters were busy early Thursday Morning after 911 calls came in, reporting that there were fires on both sides of the highway south of Lolo.

The Copper King fire has been burning for nearly a month, but the blaze is only 13 percent contained. Today firefighters attempted to combat the fire with a new technique, which fire information officer Mike Cole describes as the “the Ping Pong method”...

Frenchtown Fire and Missoula Rural Fire are seeking resident volunteers to learn the skills necessary to become career firefighters.

The Cottonwood Gulch Fire near Manhattan, Montana broke out just before noon on Sunday, October 11, but quickly grew to over 8,000 acres.

The Sheep Mountain Fire located in the Rocky Mountain Ranger District was reported Monday morning at 2,282 acres and growing.

Cooler temperatures and some much needed precipitation encouraged some evacuations to be lifted in Missoula and Mineral counties.

Mineral County and parts of Missoula County underwent new fire evacuations this past weekend as the West Fork Fish Creek Fire continued to grow to over 12,000 acres. But within the past 48 hours, fire information officer Kim Smolt said clear skies have finally led firefighters to get eyes on the fir…

Firefighters have responded to and extinguished over 30 wildfires in the Bitterroot National Forest this summer, but 18 new wildfires were started by lightning this week and all but four are currently contained.