Firefighters

From snow plows to cop cars, here's the deal with green flashing lights on Montana highways.

While the Missoula Fire Department waits for November to see if voters will approve its request to raise $7 million annually through a new levy, it's also making plans to construct a new fire station and hire 20 new firefighters.

Missoula breweries are teaming up to thank firefighters for their intense work this fire season.

It's been a bad summer for wildfires in Montana, and firefighters need all the help they can get.

The US has sent about 100 firefighters to Australia so far.

It was 70 years ago, August 5, 1949 that 13 firefighters perished in the Mann Gulch Fire north of Helena just off the Missouri River after parachuting into the area from the C-47 aircraft that is now the Miss Montana.

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.

Montana firefighters are working under an extreme amount of stress as they try to extinguish all the surrounding wildfires in the state and some members of the community are making their jobs even more difficult.

There are so many businesses and people that have stepped up to help out, not looking for anything in return.

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