To avoid breathing wildfire smoke, it's important to have the right gear. Dust masks, bandanas and damp pieces of cloth won't adequately protect you from inhaling fine particulate matter like PM2.5.

After asserting for years that firefighters cannot do their jobs while wearing protective masks, the U.S. Forest Service will ...

The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they ...

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Fires, which rage out of control and threaten anything in their wind-driven path, are a danger in the moment. The smoke they create, however, can cost people their lives for years after firefighters ...

In recent months, concern about the health risks wildland firefighters face has been growing. Now a major conference ...

A new analysis finds that 30,000 more Americans are expected to die from wildfire-smoke exposure annually by 2050 ...

Without protective measures, wildfire smoke could cause tens of thousands more deaths annually across the U.S. by midcentury ...