Writer and firefighter Ibe Liebenberg recalls his firefighting training and the ways it brought him closer to nature in ...

Support LAist by giving now. The L.A. area fires that have destroyed homes have also burned through thousands of acres of wildland that’s home to bears, mountain lions, squirrels and other animals.

The ability to easily tweak your position counts for a lot (Credit: Rob Slade) The popularity of aero road helmets has exploded in triathlon, sending the long-tailed TT helmet towards the margins as ...

You only have one brain and so it’s important to buy the best motorbike helmet you can afford. That doesn’t always mean spending £1000+ on a race-ready carbon lid, though, and there are ...

A helmet has one job and is designed to do it exactly once. But there’s dozens of different ways to accomplish this. Whether you’re hitting triple digits at the track or tackling muddy ruts in ...

Fire Chief Harris says PPE for his department roughly costs $80,000, and that doesn't even include wildland gear. "You're looking right at $4,000 a set. That's helmet, boots, coat, pants ...

Boulder Reporting Lab spoke with Wildland Fire Division Chief Brian Oliver, who has been with the division since 1999 and noted that Boulder Fire-Rescue is fully staffed for the first time in his ...

Fierce winds and months of drought set the conditions for the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles this month. But the growth of housing in and around the city’s fire-prone hills over the past ...

CHEYENNE — A fire severely damaged Laramie County Fire Authority Station 74 on Saturday, destroying three wildland firefighting apparatus that were to be deployed to assist in fighting fires in ...

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The Denver Broncos have had something on their helmets recently that has sent people to Google to ask what’s up with that: the number 5280 is displayed prominently across the front of their helmets.