Firefighters Today
More than 560,000 acres burned during Utah’s recent wildfire season
— Utah's State Forester told a Senate committee that more than 1,200 wildland fires burned in 2026, with over 560,000 acres lost, about $253 million in firefighting costs, and some Utah firefighters deployed to other…
Letter to the Editor: New emergency services tax: Was fire infrastructure the reason – or the pretext?
— A letter to the editor questions whether fire infrastructure was the real reason for St. George's new $120 million EMS sales tax, which the City Council approved 3-2 on Oct. 1 after public opposition.